Inbe Hachimanyama Ancient Tomb

...The prefectural capital city, located in the northwestern tip of Wakayama Prefecture and facing the Kii Channel. Population 393,885 (1995). The city originated as a castle town of Wakayama Castle, built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi near the mouth of the Kinokawa River at the end of the 16th century. After the Asano clan, Tokugawa Yorinobu, who entered the country in the early 17th century, expanded the castle town, and since then it has flourished for about 300 years and 14 generations. After the Meiji Restoration, the prefectural government was established and it became the political, economic and cultural center of the prefecture. In 1889, it became the first city in the prefecture to be incorporated as a city, but its population was just over 50,000 and its city area was only 8.6 km2.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Inobe Hachimanyama Kofun" is listed below.

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…和歌山県北西端，紀伊水道に臨む県庁所在都市。人口39万3885(1995)。16世紀末，豊臣秀吉が紀ノ川河口付近に築いた和歌山城の城下町が都市としての起源で，浅野氏を経て，17世紀前半に入国した徳川頼宣（よりのぶ）が城下を拡大し，以来約300年間14代にわたって栄えた。明治維新後，県庁が置かれて県の政治･経済･文化の中心地となり，1889年，県下初の市制施行都市になったが，人口は5万人余，市域面積は8.6km2にすぎなかった。…

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