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Place · 1919 CE

Akashi

Also known as

Akashi city
Akashi Hyogo
Akashi Hyōgo
Akashi Shi
Akashi, Hyōgo
Akashi-shi

archival plate · Akashi · placeholder

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

birthplace ofEiko Koizumi1973 CE
place of death ofHiroko Yasutake1928 CE
birthplace ofJunichi Hamada1950 CE
birthplace ofMami Kingetsu1965 CE
birthplace ofMiyuu Kihara2004 CE

+ 8 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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birthplace of

Shōnen Matsumura1872 CE

birthplace ofTakumu Nishihara1992 CE

birthplace ofTaro Urabe1977 CE

birthplace ofTatsuya Yamashita1987 CE

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