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The Fox’s Four Guardian Kings

Although the story largely takes place in Harima Province's Himeji, one of the characters is traveling through the northern provinces while another is dragged deep into the distant mountains

Locations

  • Harima Province: also known as BanshÅ«, it is located today in the southwest portion of Hyogo Prefecture; during the Edo period, Harima was home to several daimyo, including the head of the Himeji clan.
  • Honmachi Street: a thoroughfare that runs south from the main
  • gate of Himeji Castle; lined with townsmen homes that date back to the 1600s, this street is a popular tourist destination today.

Himeji in Hitome Tamaboko

Himeji Castle Lord -
Honda Nakatsukasa Daifu-dono 
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It is twenty-five ri from ÅŒsaka to this place.  Here, newly forged swords are produced, using iron from Harima - truly ‘Harima steel.’

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