Shinano Province
Shinano Province (信濃国, Shinano no kuni) or Shinshū (信州) is an old province of Japan in the area of Nagano Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Matsumoto.
History
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The boundaries of Mutsu were formally established during the reigns of Empress Genshō and Empress Kōken.[2]
In 713, the road between Mino Province and Shinano Province was widened. There were increasing numbers of travelers on this road.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Shinano Province weres reformed in the 1870s.[4]
The World War II–era Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was named after this old province.
Shrines and Temples
changeSuwa taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Shinano. [5]
Related pages
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change- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Shinano" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 863.
- ↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annalles des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websites
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Media related to Shinano Province at Wikimedia Commons
- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
- Hokusai, A View of Mount Fuji across Lake Suwa, circa 1831
