Funo, Hiroshima
dissolved municipality in Futami district, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan
Funo (布野村, Funo-son) was a village located in Futami District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,965 and a density of 23.66 persons per km2. The total area was 83.04 km2.
On April 1, 2004, Funo, along with the towns of Kisa, Mirasaka and Miwa, the villages of Kimita and Sakugi (all from Futami District), and the town of Kōnu (from Kōnu District), was merged with the expanded city of Miyoshi and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Funo, Hiroshima” is dissolved municipality in Futami district, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Funo, Hiroshima and dissolved, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “dissolved municipality in Futami district, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5509395. VIAF identifies the subject as 260219225. Authority coordinates are 34.884, 132.780. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003 and 2004.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Funo, Hiroshima”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Funo, Hiroshima primary sources, Funo, Hiroshima archive and Funo research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Funo, Hiroshima” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.