Takasago
Encyclopedia
Takasago may refer to:
  • Takasago, Hyōgo
    Takasago, Hyogo
    is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on July 1, 1954. It lies between the cities of Kakogawa 加古川 to the east and Himeji 姫路 to the west, which is known for its castle....

    , a city located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan
  • Takasago International Corporation
    Takasago International Corporation
    is a major international producer of flavors and fragrances headquartered in Japan, with presence in 22 countries worldwide and net sales of $900 million in . Major competitors include Firmenich, International Flavors and Fragrances, Givaudan and Symrise.-History:...

    , a company producing chemical flavorants and fragrances
  • Takasago (play), a Noh play by Zeami, or one of the lead characters in it
  • Takasago stable
    Takasago stable
    is a stable of sumo wrestlers, one of the Takasago group of stables.It is correctly written in Japanese as "髙砂部屋", but the first of these kanji is rare, and is more commonly written as "高砂部屋"....

    , a professional sumo stable (or heya)
  • State of Takasago (高砂国), the name Japan called Taiwan
    Taiwan
    Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

     during the Edo period
    Edo period
    The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

     (e.g., Takasago Volunteers
    Takasago Volunteers
    were volunteer soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army, recruited from the Taiwanese aboriginal tribes during World War II.-Background and history:...

    )
  • Japanese cruiser Takasago
    Japanese cruiser Takasago
    was a 2nd class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy, designed and built by the Armstrong Whitworth shipyards in Elswick, in the United Kingdom...

  • A beer now known as Taiwan Beer

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK