Sunpu

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Sunpu is the former name of the Japanese castle town that developed into modern Shizuoka City, historically known as a key stronghold of the Tokugawa shogunate.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sunpu canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle town ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Tokugawa Hidetada ⓘ
Tokugawa Iemitsu ⓘ
Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
castleName Sunpu Castle ⓘ
category Castle towns in Japan ⓘ
Former cities in Japan ⓘ
History of Shizuoka Prefecture ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
developedInto Shizuoka City ⓘ
linked to: Shizuoka
governedBy Tokugawa clan ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
hasCastleType flatland castle ⓘ
hasPart Sunpu Castle ⓘ
historicalEra Azuchi–Momoyama period ⓘ
Edo period ⓘ
historicalFunction administrative center of Sunpu Domain ⓘ
castle town for Sunpu Castle ⓘ
knownFor Tokugawa shogunate stronghold ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn Suruga Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Shizuoka City ⓘ
linked to: Shizuoka

Shizuoka Prefecture ⓘ
modernSiteUsage Sunpu Castle Park ⓘ
modernSuccessor Shizuoka City ⓘ
linked to: Shizuoka
nearRiver Abe River ⓘ
Tomoe River ⓘ
politicalRole Tokugawa administrative center ⓘ
linked to: Edo
region Chūbu region ⓘ
Tōkai region ⓘ
roleForTokugawaIeyasu retirement residence ⓘ
secondary base of power ⓘ
romanizationSystem Hepburn ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Tōkaidō route ⓘ
gateway between Edo and Kyoto ⓘ
transportRoute Tōkaidō ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shizuoka City → historicalName → Sunpu ⓘ
subject linked to: Shizuoka City, Japan