Honpo Jin'ya
Encyclopedia
was a fort located in Echizen
, Fukui Prefecture
, Japan
. Today, a memorial can be seen on the site of the encampment.
in what was then Honpo-machi, Nyū District, Fukui, Fukui Domain
as their new center of authority in the region. Previously, shogunate outposts had been in watern Sabae, Fukui and Katsuyama, Fukui.
In 1870, during the Meiji era, when the shogunate was abolished, Honpo Jin'ya became the city hall of the newly formed Honpo Prefecture. Honpo Prefecture existed for just under one year, after which it was absorbed in Fukui Prefecture
. 2 years later, the fort was dismantled and sold as farmland. The remains of many of the structures can still be seen today.
Echizen, Fukui
is a city in Fukui, Japan.Echizen took its present form on October 1, 2005, when the city of Takefu and the town of Imadate merged to form the new city, although the Echizen Basin has been an important regional center for over 1,500 years. It has many former castle sites and prehistoric...
, Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Today, a memorial can be seen on the site of the encampment.
History
In 1721, during the Edo period, the shogunate constructed a jin'yaJin'ya
During the Edo period of Japanese history, a was the administrative headquarters of a small domain or parcel of land held by the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the residence of the head of the administration, and the associated grain storehouse. While larger domains had castles, certain smaller...
in what was then Honpo-machi, Nyū District, Fukui, Fukui Domain
Fukui Domain
The was a feudal domain in Echizen Province of Japan during the Edo period. It is also sometimes called '. The family name of the heads of the domain is "Matsudaira".- List of heads :# Hideyasu# Tadanao...
as their new center of authority in the region. Previously, shogunate outposts had been in watern Sabae, Fukui and Katsuyama, Fukui.
In 1870, during the Meiji era, when the shogunate was abolished, Honpo Jin'ya became the city hall of the newly formed Honpo Prefecture. Honpo Prefecture existed for just under one year, after which it was absorbed in Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Fukui.- Prehistory :The Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, on the Sugiyama River within the city limits of Katsuyama, has yielded the Fukuiraptor kitadaniensis and Fukuisaurus tetoriensis as well as an unnamed...
. 2 years later, the fort was dismantled and sold as farmland. The remains of many of the structures can still be seen today.