Yoshino Province
Yoshino Province (芳野監, Yoshino-gen), also known as Washū, was an old province of Japan in the area of Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] The history of the province started in 716 and ended in 738.
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The province was established when Yoshino District was separated from Yamato Province.
Yoshino Province was abolished sometime after 738. It was reformed as part of Yamato Province.
The Buddhist temple of Hisosan-ji was established in the province.[2]
Yoshino was known for locally produced varnishes called lacquer. Cups and bowls and other lacquer ware (Yoshino nuri) were typically black and red.[3] Yoshino lacquer (Yoshino urushi) was evaluated as superior.[4]
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 122.
- ↑ Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai: Major Works, p. 22; Royall Tyler, "Kōfuku-ji and Shugendo," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2/3, (June-September 1989), p. 149; retrieved 2012-2-1.
- ↑ Quin, J.J. (1881). "The Lacquer Industry of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 9, p. 14.
- ↑ Conn William. (1886). Japanese life, love, and legend: A visit to the Empire of the "Rising Sun," p. 170; "How Japanese Lacquerware is Made," The Furniture Gazette, Vol. XVIII (1882), p. 200.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Yoshino Province at Wikimedia Commons
- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
- Daimyo-issued banknote from Yamato-Washu Province, 1744-1748 Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
