Editing Hiroshima (section)

===Sengoku and Edo periods (1589–1871)===

Hiroshima was established on the delta coastline of the [[Seto Inland Sea]] in 1589 by powerful warlord [[Mōri Terumoto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/kikaku/joho/toukei/History-E/c01.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130190042/http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/kikaku/joho/toukei/History-E/c01.html |archive-date=January 30, 2008 |title=The Origin of Hiroshima |publisher=Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation |access-date=August 17, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/hiroshima_history_city_event |title=Hiroshima: History, City, Event |author=Scott O'Bryan |year=2009 |publisher=About Japan: A Teacher's Resource |access-date=March 14, 2010 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727131904/http://aboutjapan.japansociety.org/content.cfm/hiroshima_history_city_event |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Hiroshima Castle]] was quickly built, and in 1593 Mōri moved in. The name Hiroshima means wide island in Japanese. Terumoto was on the losing side at the [[Battle of Sekigahara]]. The winner of the battle, [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], deprived Mōri Terumoto of most of his fiefs, including Hiroshima and gave [[Aki Province]] to [[Fukushima Masanori|Masanori Fukushima]], a ''[[daimyō]]'' (Feudal Lord) who had supported Tokugawa.<ref name="Kosaikai">{{cite book |author=Kosaikai, Yoshiteru |title=Hiroshima Peace Reader |publisher=Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation |year=2007 |chapter=History of Hiroshima}}</ref> From 1619 until 1871, Hiroshima was ruled by the [[Asano clan]].
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File:Mitaki-dera Taho-to.jpg|[[Mitaki-dera]]
File:Fudoin Kondo.jpg|Fudoin
File:Hiroshima-Castle-1.jpg|[[Hiroshima Castle]]
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