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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FUKUOKA , a See also:

TOWN

town on the See also:

north-See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Kiushiu, See also:

JAPAN

Japan, in the See also:

province of Chikuzen, 90 m. N.N.E. of See also:

NAGASAKI

Nagasaki by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. about 72,000. With Hakata, on the opposite See also:

side of a small coast stream, it forms a large centre of See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, with an increasing export See also:

trade and several See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries. Of these the most important is See also:

SILK

silk-See also:

WEAVING

weaving, and Hakata especially is noted for its durable silk fabrics. Fukuoka was formerly the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the powerful daimio of Chikuzen, and played a conspicuous See also:

PART

part in the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

HISTORY

history of Japan; the renowned See also:

temple of Yeiyas in the See also:

DISTRICT

district was destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire during the revolution of 1868. There are several other places of this name in Japan, the most important being Fukuoka in the province of See also:

MUTSU, MUNEMITSU, COUNT (1842-1896)

Mutsu, North Nippon, a railway station on the See also:

main See also:

LINE

line from See also:

TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo to Aimori Ura See also:

BAY

Bay. Pop. about 5000.

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