会津

Japanese

Kanji in this term
会	津
あい Grade: 2	つ > づ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
會津 (kyūjitai)

Crest of the former Aizu fiefdom.

Proper noun

会(あい)津(づ) • (Aizu) 

1. A region in western Fukushima Prefecture, a former fiefdom of the Aizu-Matsudaira daimyō family during the Edo Period; primary city is 会(あい)津(づ)若(わか)松(まつ) (Aizu Wakamatsu)

See also

• 会(あい)津(づ)若(わか)松(まつ) (Aizu Wakamatsu)

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN