Tsushima Province
Tsushima Province (対馬国, Tsushima-no kuni) was an Japanese island province off the west coast of the island of Kyushu.[1] It was sometimes called Taishū (対州) .
The province was the Tsushima Islands, which is today part of Nagasaki Prefecture.
The capital city of the province was located at Izuhara.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Tsushima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Kaijin jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tsushima. [3]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Tsushima Province at Wikimedia Commons
