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Saga
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Saga
10 events
Prehistoric
Yayoi period (about 5th century BCE – 3rd century CE)
Yoshinogari grows into a large moated Yayoi settlement
Nara
8th century (based on pottery finds)
Hizen's provincial government office is in use
Early modern
1591–1598
Nagoya Castle becomes the base for Hideyoshi's Korean campaigns (Bunroku and Keichō)
Edo
Early 17th century
Japan's first porcelain is made at Arita
17th–19th centuries
Karatsu Kunchi and its float parade take shape
1607–1611
The Nabeshima family establishes the Saga domain
Mid-17th century onward
Hizen porcelain is exported to Europe
1850–1852
The Saga domain casts iron cannons with a reverberatory furnace
1858–1865
The Saga domain builds a dry dock and a steamship at Mietsu
Meiji
1874
Etō Shinpei leads the Saga Rebellion
Nearby
Fukuoka
Nagasaki