Owari Province
Owari Province (尾張国, Owari no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] including much of modern Nagoya. It is also known as Bishū (尾州).
The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa
History[change | change source]
The province was created in 646.[1]
In the Sengoku Period, Oda Nobunaga held Kiyosu Castle.[2]
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 Owari.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Owari Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Geography[change | change source]
Owari and Mino provinces were separated by the Sakai River.
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Masumida jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Owari. [5]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Owari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 767.
- ↑ Kiyosu City website, "Kiyosu Castle" Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-19.
- ↑ 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 Owari Province at Wikimedia Commons
