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unusual facts about Tosa


Taisho Station

Tosa-Taishō Station, a train station on the Shikoku Railway (JR Shikoku) Yodo Line in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, Japan


Aizumi, Tokushima

Lord Muromachi controlled the region until he was in turn disposed when Chosokabe Motochika from Tosa (Kōchi prefecture) gained control of Awa.

Charter Oath

The promise of reform in the document initially went unfulfilled: in particular, a parliament with real power was not established until 1890, and the Meiji oligarchy from Satsuma, Chōshū, Tosa and Hizen retained political and military control well into the 20th century.

Cima Tosa

The guide Enrico Giordano from Molveno accompanied the Italian novelist and poet Antonio Fogazzaro to the summit of Cima Tosa in 1890.

Milano Centrale railway station

The station was designed to replace Porta Tosa station (opened in 1846 as the terminus of the line to Treviglio and eventually Venice) and Porta Nuova station (opened in 1850 as the second terminus on the line to Monza, which was eventually extended to Chiasso) and was interconnected with all lines, either existing or under construction, surrounding Milan.

Motoyama, Kōchi

On the border between Motoyama and its neighboring town to the west, Tosa, is the Sameura Dam, the largest dam in Shikoku.

Takeda Kanryūsai

Takeda participated in the indoor battle after the arrival of Hijikata's group, bringing down the ceiling and killing a Tosa ronin.

Yamaji Motoharu

During the Seikanron debate, he supported his fellow Tosa clansmen Itagaki Taisuke and Goto Shojiro, at one point resigning his commission and returning to Tosa to participate in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, but eventually had a falling out with Itagaki and returned to military service.


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