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   Maebashi
   capital, Gumma ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Kant Plain. An old castle town, in the Muromachi period (1338–1573) it was called Umayabashi. ... [1 related articles]
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   Maebashi
   Maebashi (mäā'bäshē) , city (1990 pop. 286,261), capital of Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. Now a silk textile center, it was formerly the castle town of the Matsudaira clan.
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