Bungo Province
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Bungo Province highlighted
Bungo Province (豊後国, Bungo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Along with Buzen Province, it was sometimes called Hōshū (豊州).
Bungo had borders with Buzen, Hyūga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen Provinces.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Bungo Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and temples[change | change source]
Sasamuta-jinja and Yusuhara Hachiman-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Bungo.[3]
Related pages[change | change source]
- Provinces of Japan
- Prefectures of Japan
- List of regions of Japan
- List of islands of Japan
- Bungo Seamount
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bungo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 90.
- ↑ 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 Bungo Province at Wikimedia Commons
