Mikawa Province
Mikawa Province (三河国, Mikawa no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was also known as Sanshū (三州 or 参州).
Mikawa had borders with Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces.
History[change | change source]
In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between the Imperial capital at Kyoto and the main city of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The road passed through Mikawa.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Mikawa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Toga jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mikawa. [4]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mikawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 629.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-19.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Mikawa Province at Wikimedia Commons
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