Kizakihara - Kizakibaru

...The center of the city is the long and narrow Kakuto Basin (also called the Masaki Basin), which is about 20 km east to west and 5 km north to south, and the Sendai River flows west through the basin. Kizakihara in the Iino district of the city is the site of an ancient battle between the Ito and Shimazu clans in medieval Hyuga. After this battle, the Ito clan declined, and the Shimazu clan seized the opportunity to control Hyuga. The city was part of the Satsuma domain in the early modern period. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…市域の中心を東西約20km，南北約5kmの細長い形の加久藤盆地(真幸盆地ともいう)が占め，盆地内を川内（せんだい）川が西流する。同市飯野地区の木崎原は中世の日向において，伊東氏と島津氏が決戦した古戦場で，この戦い以後伊東氏は衰退，島津氏は日向支配のきっかけをつかんだ。同市は近世には薩摩藩領であった。…

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