Sanuki Province
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Sanuki Province highlighted
Sanuki Province (讃岐国, Sanuki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[1] It was sometimes called Sanshū (讃州).
The province had borders with Awa and Iyo Provinces.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Sanuki Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
Sanuki faced the Seto Inland Sea.
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Tamura jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Sanuki. [3]
Gallery[change | change source]
View of Takamatsu castle in Sanuki Province, photograph, 1882
List of ichinomiya at Tamura Shrine which was the ichinomiya of Sanuki Province
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sanuki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 823.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Sanuki Province at Wikimedia Commons
