Etchū Province
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The province had borders with Echigo, Shinano, Hida, Kaga, and Noto provinces.
The capital city of the province was Takaoka.
History
The Noto Peninsula and Noto Province was separated from Etchū during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Etchū Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
Takase jinja, Keta jinja and Oyama jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Etchū.[4]
Etchū Province Media
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Etchū" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty Provinces" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Funa-hashi, a pontoon bridge
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Etchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 183.
- ↑ 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. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
Media related to Etchu Province at Wikimedia Commons
