Harima Province
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Harima Province (播磨国 Harima no kuni), also known as Banshu (播州),[1] was an old province of Japan in area of Hyōgo Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[2]
The province had borders with the provinces of Tajima, Tamba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka.
The provincial capital city was Himeji on the Ishikawa River.[3]
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History [change]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Harima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Temples and Shrines [change]
Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Harima. [5]
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References [change]
- ↑ Terry, Thomas Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese Empire, p. 768.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Harima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 290.
- ↑ Terry, p. 633.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Harima Province at Wikimedia Commons- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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