Aki Province
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Aki Province (安芸国 Aki no kuni) or Geishū (芸州) was an old province in the area of Hiroshima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
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History [change]
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In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Aki Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples [change]
Itsukushima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Aki. [3]
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References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Aki no kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 18.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-1-18.
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Media related to Aki Province at Wikimedia Commons- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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