Matsue (mäts
`ā), city (1990 pop. 142,956), capital of Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, a port on the Sea of Japan. It is an important distribution center and a popular tourist spot. Landmarks include the 17th cent. Matsue Castle and a museum containing a collection of the manuscripts and letters of Lafcadio Hearn Hearn, Lafcadio , 1850–1904, American-Japanese author, b. Lefkás, Ionian Islands, of Irish-Greek parentage. He was educated in Ireland, England, and France before immigrating to the United States in 1869.
..... Click the link for more information. , who lived in Matsue for 15 months in the late 19th cent. and wrote about the city and recorded its folktales.
Matsue
`ā), city (1990 pop. 142,956), capital of Shimane prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, a port on the Sea of Japan. It is an important distribution center and a popular tourist spot. Landmarks include the 17th cent. Matsue Castle and a museum containing a collection of the manuscripts and letters of Lafcadio Hearn Hearn, Lafcadio , 1850–1904, American-Japanese author, b. Lefkás, Ionian Islands, of Irish-Greek parentage. He was educated in Ireland, England, and France before immigrating to the United States in 1869...... Click the link for more information. , who lived in Matsue for 15 months in the late 19th cent. and wrote about the city and recorded its folktales.
Matsue
a city in Japan, in western Honshu Island; port on the isthmus between Lake Shinji and Naka-no-umi Lagoon. It is the capital of Shimane Prefecture. Population, 118,000 (1970). Matsue has silk-spinning, wood-products, and food industries. Cottage industries include the production of lacquer ware, ceramics, and other articles.
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