Iga Province
Iga Province (伊賀国, Iga no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Ishū (伊州).
The province had borders with Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.
The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.[2]
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iga Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Geography[change | change source]
Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Aekuni jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iga.[4]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Iga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 373.
- ↑ Turnbull, Stephen R. (2008). The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, p. 125.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Iga Province at Wikimedia Commons
