Tosa Province
Tosa Province (土佐国, Tosa no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[1] It was sometimes called Doshū (土州) .
The province had borders with Iyo and Awa Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near modern Nankoku.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Tosa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
Tosa faced the Pacific Ocean.
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Tosa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tosa. [3]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tosa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 988.
- ↑ 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 Tosa Province at Wikimedia Commons
