Editing Tottori Prefecture (section)

==History==
{{See also|List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tottori)}}
[[File:Japan Tottori MitokuSan Nageiredo DSC01248.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Sanbutsu-ji]]]]

===Early history===
Tottori Prefecture was settled very early in the prehistoric period of Japan, as evidenced by remains from the [[Jōmon period]] (14,000 &ndash; 300 BC).<ref name="encyclopedia-japan">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Prefecture | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> The prefecture has the remains of the largest known [[Yayoi period]] (300 BC &ndash; 250 AD) settlement in Japan, the [[Mukibanda Yayoi remains]], located in the low [[foothill]]s of [[Mount Daisen]]<ref>[http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html Muki-Banda Remains] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904072652/http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref> in the cities of [[Daisen, Tottori|Daisen]] and [[Yonago, Tottori|Yonago]].<ref name="chimei">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系) | title = Mukibanda-iseki (妻木晩田遺跡) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> Numerous [[kofun]] tumuli from the [[Kofun period]] (250 &ndash; 538) are located across the prefecture.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Plain | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> In 645, under the [[Taika reforms]], the area in present-day Tottori Prefecture became two provinces, [[Hōki Province|Hōki]] and [[Inaba Province|Inaba]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.</ref>

===Later history===
During the [[Genpei War]] (1180&ndash;1185) between the [[Taira]] and [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto]] clans in the late-[[Heian period]], Tottori became a base for anti-Taira forces, specifically at two temples, [[Daisen-ji]] and [[Sanbutsu-ji]]. By the beginning of the [[Kamakura period]] (1185&ndash;1333) [[shōen]] estates were established to directly support the Imperial court and various temples. Successive clans controlled the region during the [[Sengoku period]] (15th to 17th century), most notably the [[Yamana clan]], but after the [[Battle of Sekigahara]] in 1600 the region was pacified. The [[Tokugawa shogunate]] installed the [[Ikeda clan]] at [[Tottori Castle]]. The clan retained control of the area until throughout the [[Edo period]] (1603&ndash;1868) and the resources of the area financially and materially supported the shogunate.<ref name="nipponika">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) | title = Tottori-ken (鳥取県) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref>

===Modern history===
The two provinces remained in place until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in 1868, and the boundaries of Tottori Prefecture were established in 1888.<ref name="encyclopedia-japan"/> After the occupation of Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century, and the establishment of the [[Manchukuo]] puppet state in 1932, Tottori's harbors on the Japan Sea served as an active transit point for goods between Japan and the colonial areas. Before the end of [[World War II]] the prefecture was hit by a massive magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the [[1943 Tottori earthquake]], which destroyed 80% of the city of Tottori, and greatly damaged the surrounding area. In the postwar period [[land reform]] was carried out in the prefecture, resulting in a great increase of agricultural production.<ref name="nipponika"/>