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The 22 pages that link to Osaka, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodRelated: Its merchants and rice markets connected regional production to national trade.

• Yasunari KawabataRelated: Kawabata was born in Osaka in 1899, before childhood losses reshaped his life.

• Chikamatsu MonzaemonRelated: Many of Chikamatsu’s domestic tragedies draw on the lives and pressures of Osaka townspeople.

• Awaji IslandRelated: Osaka Bay connects the island’s eastern waters to this metropolitan region.

• Ihara SaikakuRelated: Its merchant wealth and urban neighborhoods supplied Saikaku’s settings.

• Nara PrefectureRelated: Osaka is Nara’s neighboring urban center and a gateway to the wider Kansai region.

• Tadao AndoRelated: The dense urban fabric of his home city informs projects such as his Sumiyoshi house.

• The Asahi ShimbunRelated: The newspaper began in Osaka in 1879 before expanding beyond the city.

• Steven SeagalRelated: Seagal lived and taught aikido in Osaka before pursuing film work in the United States.

• Takashi MiikeRelated: Miike was born in Yao, in Osaka Prefecture, in 1960.

• Ueda AkinariRelated: Akinari was born and spent much of his life in Osaka’s urban literary world.

• Kōnosuke MatsushitaRelated: Matsushita established his first independent workshop in Osaka.