会津

Japanese

Kanji in this term
会	津
あい Grade: 2	つ > づ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
會津 (kyūjitai)

Crest of the former Aizu fiefdom.

Proper noun

会(あい)津(づ) • (Aizu)

A region in western Fukushima Prefecture. Former fiefdom of the Aizu-Matsudaira daimyō family during the Edo Period. Primary city is 会津若松 (あいづわかまつ, Aizu Wakamatsu).

See also

会津若松(あいづわかまつ) (Aizu Wakamatsu)

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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