Wakasa Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Wakasa Province highlighted

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The province had borders with Echizen, Ōmi, Tamba, Tango, and Yamashiro Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Obama.

History

Jingu-ji at Obama in Wakasa Province

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Wakasa Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[2]

Shrines and Temples

Wakasahiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Wakasa. ^[3]

Wakasa Province Media

Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Wakasa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting fishing in Wakasa Bay

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Wakasa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1025.
↑ 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 Wakasa Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Wakasa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1025.

[2] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

[3] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.

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