Iga
Appearance
Iga may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Ambush at Iga Pass, a 1958 Japanese film
- Iga no Kagemaru, Japanese manga series
- Iga, a set of characters from the Japanese novel The Kouga Ninja Scrolls
Biology
[edit]- Iga (beetle), a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae
- IgA, Immunoglobulin A, an antibody
- Iga, or iga warta, Adnyamathanha name for Capparis mitchelii, the Australian native orange
Cuisine
[edit]- Iga babi, Indonesian pork rib dish from Bali
- Iga penyet, Indonesian fried beef spare ribs dish from Java
Menschen
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Iga Mori (毛利伊賀, 1864-1951), a Japanese physician who also practised in Hawaii
- Koji Igarashi (五十嵐 孝司, born 1968, nicknamed "Iga"), a Japanese video game producer, known for his involvement with the Castlevania series
- Ujihiro Iga (伊賀氏広, 1886-1966) Japanese aerospace pioneer
- Yuji Iga (伊賀 裕治, born 1965), a Japanese professional ice hockey player
Polen
[edit]- Iga Baumgart-Witan (born 1989), a Polish sprinter
- Iga Cembrzyńska (born 1939), a Polish actress
- Iga Świątek (born 2001), a Polish tennis player
- Iga Wyrwał (born 1989; also known as Eva or Eve), a Polish glamour model
- Jadwiga (diminutive "Iga"), a Polish female given name
Other
[edit]- Ayesha Leti-I'iga, New Zealand rugby union player
- Christopher Iga, Ugandan politician
Places
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Iga Province, an old province in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Iga ikki, the confederacy of ninja families that controlled the province from the 1460s until 1581
- Tenshō Iga War, the name of two historical invasions of the province, the second of which ended the Iga ikki
- Iga, Mie, a city in Mie Prefecture, Honshū island, Japan
- Iga Kokubun-ji, a buddhist temple
- Iga Kokuchō ruins, an archaeological site
- Iga Ueno Ninja Festa, annual five-week ninja-themed festival
- Iga ware, style of traditional Japanese pottery from Iga area
- Iga Ueno Castle, a fortification in the centre of town and site of the former headquarters of the Iga ikki
- Iga-ryū (literally “the Iga School”), a school of ninjutsu in Japan
Elsewhere
[edit]- Iga Idunganran, the official residence of the Oba (king) of Lagos, Nigeria
- Iga Vas, a village in Slovenia
Transport
[edit]- Iga-Kōzu Station, a railway station on the Osaka line in the city of Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan
- Iga Railway Line, in the city of Iga, Mie prefecture, Japan
- Iga-Kambe Station, a railway station on the other end of Iga line
- Iga-Ueno Station, a railway terminus station on the Iga line
- Iga Station, a railway station on the Kashii Line in Kasuya, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
Other uses
[edit]- 1854 Iga–Ueno earthquake, a deadly tremor in the Kansai region of Japan with the epicentre near Iga town
- 8300 Iga (previously 1994 AO2), a main-belt asteroid
- Tanaka-Iga, a Japanese company producing Buddhist goods
- IGA (disambiguation)