Tosa Province
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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.
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History [change]
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]
Tosa faced the Pacific Ocean.
Shrines and Temples [change]
Tosa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tosa. [3]
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References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tosa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 988.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Tosa Province at Wikimedia Commons- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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