What Country Was Kōbe In?

Kōbe (Hyogo, Japan) lies within 11 different states on Chronica Maps' 39 historical border maps. The longest stretch is under Yamato, from AD 500 to AD 799. The earliest state recorded here is Yayoi (400 BC).

Who ruled Kōbe?

Period (by border map)	Ruled by
500 BC – 401 BC	Late Jomon culture
400 BC – 324 BC	Yayoi
323 BC – AD 99	Unclaimed / no data
AD 100 – AD 199	Yayoi
AD 200 – AD 499	Unclaimed / no data
AD 500 – AD 799	Yamato
AD 800 – AD 899	Japan
AD 900 – AD 999	Yamato
1000 – 1299	Imperial Japan (Fujiwara)
1300 – 1399	Shogun Japan (Kamakura)
1400 – 1491	Ashikaga Shogunate
1492 – 1599	Japan
1600 – 1649	Japan (Warring States)
1650 – 1782	Tokugawa shogunate
1783 – 1879	Japan
1880 – 1913	Imperial Japan
1914 – 1944	Empire of Japan
1945 – 1959	Japan (USA)
1960 – today	Japan

Map showing Kōbe in AD 600 — Border map for AD 600. See the world in AD 600.

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Historic cities nearby

Osaka · about 30 km
Nara · about 60 km
Kyoto · about 70 km
Hiroshima · about 250 km

Battles and events within 200 km

Battle of Sekigahara · 1600

Landmarks nearby

Based on approximate historical borders; towns close to a frontier may be assigned to a neighbouring state.

Famous people from the region

Lived	Person
AD 574 – AD 622	Prince Shōtoku	Regent of Japan
c. AD 973 – 1014	Murasaki Shikibu	Writer
1534 – 1582	Oda Nobunaga	Warlord
1537 – 1598	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	Unifier of Japan
1543 – 1616	Tokugawa Ieyasu	First Tokugawa shogun

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.