Awa Province (Tokushima)
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A map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province (Tokushima) highlighted
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History
Off the coast of Awa Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1856
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Awa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
Ōasahiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Awa. [4]
Awa Province (Tokushima) Media
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Awa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Naruto whirlpools
Related pages
References
- ↑ Awa Province on Honshū sounds like it has the same name, but it is written with different kanji (安房国).
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62.
- ↑ 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
Media related to Awa Province (Tokushima) at Wikimedia Commons
