Kanazawa
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- Names
Kanazawa
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Located on W Honshū Island near coast of Sea of Japan; seat of one of most powerful daimyos during 300 years of feudalism; site of victory of Nobunaga over rebellious priests 1575; produces silk, lacquer ware & porcelain.
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- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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