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Ōsumi Line
Ōsumi can stand for: * Ōsumi Province, a former province of Japan * Ōsumi Peninsula * Ōsumi Islands, an archipelago at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands *Ōsumi (satellite), the first Japanese satellite * Ōsumi class LST, a class of Japanese amphibious transport dock People with the surname *Masaaki Ōsumi (born 1934), Japanese anime director *Baron Mineo Ōsumi, a Japanese admiral *Paul Osumi was a Christian minister in Hawaii. He is best known for his column in the ''Hawaii Hochi'' and the ''Honolulu Advertiser'', "Today's Thought". Early life Osumi was born on June 15, 1905 in Kusatsu, Hiroshima, Japan. He immigrated to Hawaii in 1 ..., a Japanese Christian minister * Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist and 2016 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine {{disambig, geo, surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōsumi Province
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Ōsumi bordered on Hyūga and Satsuma Provinces. Osumi's ancient capital was near modern Kokubu. During the Sengoku and Edo periods, Ōsumi was controlled by the Shimazu clan of neighboring Satsuma and did not develop a major administrative center. The Ōsumi region has developed its own distinct local dialect. Although Ōsumi is part of Kagoshima Prefecture today, this dialect is different from that spoken in the city of Kagoshima. There is a notable cultural pride in traditional poetry written in Ōsumi and Kagoshima dialects. Japan's first satellite, '' Ōsumi'', was named after the province. Historical record In the 3rd month of the 6th year of the '' Wadō'' era (713), the land of Ōsumi Province was administratively separated from Hyūga Province. In that same year, Empress Genmei's ''Daijō-kan'' continued to organize other cadastral chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |