Uryu Island

...A city located in the southern part of Hiroshima Prefecture. It was incorporated as a city in 1936. Its population was 83,763 (1995). The city area straddles the former Aki and Bingo provinces, and the city is concentrated in the downstream plains of the Nuta River, which flows east through the center of the city. The northern mountain range, centered on Mount Ryuo, approaches Mihara Bay, where Nagaiura (Itosaki), which appears in the fifteenth volume of the Manyoshu, was located. Shinra Station on the ancient Sanyo Road is identified with Shinra in Takasaki Town. Since the Kobayakawa clan, whose castle was Takayama Castle (now Hongo Town), built Mihara Castle in 1567 (Eiroku 10), Mihara has developed as a castle town. ...

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…広島県南部に位置する市。1936年市制。人口8万3763(1995)。市域のかつての安芸･備後両国にまたがり，市街地は中央を東流する沼田（ぬた）川の下流平野に集中する。竜王山を中心とする北部山地が三原湾に迫り，そこに《万葉集》巻十五にみえる〈長井浦〉(糸崎)があった。古代山陽道の真良（しんら）駅は高坂町真良に比定される。高山城(現，本郷町)を居城としていた小早川氏が1567年(永禄10)に三原城を築いて以来，城下町として三原の町が発展する。…

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