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Tottori
鳥取県
Tottori
10 events
Prehistoric
About 2,400 – 1,700 years ago
People at Aoya Kamijichi, a Yayoi settlement, trade by sea
Nara
759
Ōtomo no Yakamochi writes the last poem of the Man'yōshū in Inaba
Late Heian
Late Heian period (1086–1184, by tree-ring dating)
The Nageiredō hall is built into a cliff on Mount Mitoku
Sengoku
1581
Hashiba Hideyoshi besieges and starves out Tottori Castle
Across periods
Edo period to 1918
Tatara ironmaking flourishes in the Hino district
Edo
1632
Ikeda Mitsunaka becomes lord of the Tottori domain
Meiji
1881
Tottori Prefecture is re-established after merger with Shimane
Modern
1943
The Tottori earthquake strikes
Contemporary
1955
Tottori Sand Dunes are protected as a Natural Monument
2012
Tottori declares itself the "Manga Kingdom"
Nearby
Hyogo
Okayama
Shimane
Hiroshima