was a village

Villages of Japan

A is a local administrative unit in Japan.It is a local public body along with , , and . Geographically, a village's extent is contained within a prefecture....

 located in Yoshino District

Yoshino District, Nara

Yoshino is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 59,020 and a density of 26.14 persons per km²...

, Nara Prefecture

Nara Prefecture

is a prefecture in the Kansai region on Honshū Island, Japan. The capital is the city of Nara.-History:The present-day Nara Prefecture was created in 1887, making it independent of Osaka Prefecture....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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As of 2003, the village had an estimated population

Population

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 of 3,673 and a density

Population density

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 of 39.98 persons per km². The total area was 91.88 km².

During the Northern and Southern Courts period

Nanboku-cho

The , spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japan's history.During this period, there existed a Northern Imperial Court, established by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and a Southern Imperial Court, established by Emperor Go-Daigo in...

 of Japanese history (1336 to 1392), three emperors of the Southern Court - Emperor Go-Daigo

Emperor Go-Daigo

Emperor Go-Daigo was the 96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession....

, Emperor Go-Murakami

Emperor Go-Murakami

was the 97th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period of rival courts. He reigned from September 18, 1339 until March 29, 1368 . His personal name was...

, and Emperor Go-Kameyama

Emperor Go-Kameyama

was the 99th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 1383 to October 21, 1392, becoming the last Emperor of the Southern Court...

 are believed to have stayed in the Imperial Villa in the Anō area of Nishiyoshino.

Nishiyoshino is well-known in Japan for its persimmon

Persimmon

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On September 25, 2005 Nishiyoshino, along with the village of Ōtō

Oto, Nara

was a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 781 and a density of 7.03 persons per km². The total area was 111.06 km²....

, also from Yoshino District

Yoshino District, Nara

Yoshino is a district located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 59,020 and a density of 26.14 persons per km²...

, was merged into the city of Gojō

Gojo, Nara

is a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan.As of May 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 35,380 wit 13,864 households and the density of 121.17 persons per km²...

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