Talk:Tsushima Province

This article was switched
into redirect by a Wikipedian who don't know what province of Japan was, but Tsushima Province is an extinct entity. It should have its own article just like other ancient provinces of Japan. --Nanshu 02:45, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Again, Tsushima Province and Tsushima Island are different entities with different nature. Do not merge them. If the content overlaps, put detailed information at one and a summary at another. --Nanshu 04:00, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Article Shortcomings, Expansion Needed
FrankB says &mdash; All due respect, but...
 * This is clear as mud, as written. It fails totally to tell anything but history terms to non-already familiar (with topic) reader; IMHO, needs more 'reader hand holding' &mdash; clear introduction and some explaination of individual terms, tho' the detail for those should be left to the individual articles. Much too terse, so reads almost like gibberish; save one knows are technical terms known to some specialist, but this is not a trade journal! I love history with all the passion of a hobbiest, but this gave me almost nothing I could grasp and hold. (IF you want help, yell!)


 * Thus needs much expansion to introduce each term, give sense of history to the unsuspecting reader. (See the history section of Liodong which I expanded last evening for a sketch like I propose. Note how unnecessary detail is left for the articles in Links, but the gist of the history, the high points, is given) Unless of course, you feel 'to hell with the average reader, I'm writing for the acedemic already with knowledge of Comparative Far Eastern History
 * These are the sections that need the most work as of this writing:
 * "Since the establishment of the Ritsuryo system, Tsushima Province has been a strategic area that took a major role in the national defense against possible invasions from the continent and in trade with the Korean Peninsula. After Japan was defeated by the Tang at the Battle of Hakusukinoe in 663, Kaneda Castle was constructed on this island.


 * Tsushima Province had been controlled by the Tsushima-no-kuni-no-miyatsuko clan until the Heian Period. This clan was replaced by the Ahiru clan. The So clan rose into power around the middle 13th century and seized control of the whole island in the late 15th century. During the Edo period, Tsushima Province was dominated by the Tsushima Fuchu domain (Izuhara domain) of the So clan. It was put in charge of diplomacy and monopolized trade with the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.


 * As a result of the abolition of the Han system, the Tsushima Fuchu domain became Izuhara Prefecture in 1871. In the same year, Izuhara Prefecture was merged into Imari Prefecture, which was renamed Saga Prefecture in 1872. Tsushima was transferred to Nagasaki Prefecture in 1872."

Sorry, Nanshu my friend, but that's the way it struck me.
 * [[User:Fabartus|FrankB || TalktoMe]] 15:35, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)