Izumi Province
Izumi Province (和泉国, Izumi no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Osaka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
History
[change | change source]Izumi Province was created during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Izumi Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
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Ōtori Shrine was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Izumi.[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780.
- ↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-10-18.
Other websites
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Media related to Izumi Province at Wikimedia Commons
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