In the Heian period, it was divided between shōen controlled by the Ōba clan and the Kamakura clan (of which Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa was the most illustrious member).
The school is located approximately 3 minutes walk from Izumi-Tamagawa Station on the Odakyū Odawara Line.
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Remixed by Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Keith Lithman, Izumi "DMX" Miyazaki, DJ Turbo
His dissertation, a translation of and commentary on the Izumi Shikibu diary, was published in 1969 in the Harvard-Yenching Monograph series as The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court and remains the authoritative English version.
Izumi made his mixed martial arts debut against New Zealand kickboxing specialist, Antz Nansen for Japan's Sengoku promotion in September 2009 after Izumi signed with World Victory Road.
Aya Hirano, as Konata Izumi from the anime Lucky Star, sang this show's theme song on the Lucky Star music compilation CD.
Natsumi Yanase, aka Izumi Maki, Japanese voice actress of adult games
Izumi graduated from the Department of Engineering at Tohoku University in 1986, completing a master's course in Tohoku's graduate school engineering research (metal engineering major) in 1988.
Natasza Zurek,Laura Hadar, Victoria Jealouse, Erin Comstock, Hana Beaman, Annie Boulanger, Anne-Flore Marxer, Izumi Amaike, Stacy Thomas, Marie-France Roy, Leanne Pelosi, Tara Dakides, Silvia Mittermuller, Spencer O'Brien, Jacqui Berg, Amber Stackhouse, Priscilla Levac, Maribeth Swetkoff, Alexis Waite, Kelly Clark, Gretchen Bleiler, Torah Bright, and Jamie Anderson.
Mizuki Ashiya and Izumi Sano, the two main characters in the manga Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, are named after him.
"OBC Song (OBCソング)" (the lyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), music by Taku Izumi (いずみ たく)) is Japan's first commercial broadcasting station's song produced in 1961.
He was sent as the governor of Kai, Izumi and Awaji provinces, and on his return to Kyoto was asked to participate in the compilation of the Kokin Wakashū.
In 1968 he was second prize winner (joint prize winner with Japanese pianist Izumi Tateno) at the Messiaen Competition in Royan, France.
His case was first verified by Guinness World Records, who titled him the oldest man ever, but Guinness have in recent years backed away from their previous statement; in the Guinness World Records Book 2012, Christian Mortensen is titled "the oldest verified man ever", and Izumi is not mentioned.
Microsoft has a branch office in the Daitabashi Asahi Seimei Building in Izumi.
He searched for kaolin, and eventually in 1616 he discovered a kaolin deposit on the Izumi Mountain in Arita, effectively starting the porcelain industry in Japan.