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Ōmura Yorinao
Omura (小村) or Ōmura (大村) are Japanese surnames, but may also refer to: * Ōmura, Nagasaki, a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan * Ōmura clan, a clan of samurai of Medieval Japan of the province of Hizen * Omura's whale (''Balaenoptera omurai''), a species of rorqual about which very little is known * Dacun, renamed Ōmura during Japanese rule, a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan People * Ōmura Masujirō (大村 益次郎, 1824-1869), a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan * Ōmura Sumihiro (大村 純熈, 1830-1882), the 13th and final daimyō of Ōmura Domain in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, Japan * Ōmura Sumitada (大村 純忠, 1533-1587), a Japanese daimyō lord of the Sengoku period * Ōmura Yoshiaki, a ruling head of the clan of Omura throughout the latter Sengoku Period of Feudal Japan * Hideaki Ōmura (大村 秀章, born 1960), a Japanese politician and the governor of Aichi Prefecture * Jim K. Omura (born 1940), an electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ōmura, Nagasaki
270px , Ōmura park is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 99,337, and a population density of 780 people per km2. The total area of the city is History Ōmura is located in former Hizen Province. It developed in the Edo Period as the castle town of Ōmura Domain, ruled by the local Ōmura clan for over 900 years. It was the site of considerable foreign trade and missionary activity during the late Muromachi period, and the Catholic saint Marina de Omura hails from this city. Due to its proximity to the trading settlement at Dejima in Nagasaki, was one of the first areas of Japan to re-open to foreign contact after the end of the national seclusion policy after the Meiji restoration. In the opera Madama Butterfly, set in nearby Nagasaki, the place name ''Omara'' in the line "ed alla damigella Butterfly del quartiere d'Omara Nagasaki" probably refers to Ōmura. From 1868-1945, Ōmura was host to numerous mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
