Dewa Province
Dewa Province (出羽国, Dewa no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州).
History[change | change source]
In 708, Dewa-no kuni was separated from Echigo.
In 712, Dewa and Mutsu Province were reorganized[2]
Shiba Kaneyori received the Dewa Province as a fief from Ashikaga Takauji in 1335.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Dewa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Ōmonoimi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Dewa. [5]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Kōdansha. (1993). "Akitajō" in Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 29.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
- ↑ Terry, Thomas Philip. (1914). Terry's Japanese Empire, p. 324.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Dewa Province at Wikimedia Commons
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