Bingo Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Bingo Province highlighted

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The province had borders with Bitchū, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami, and Aki Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was in the area of Fuchu.

History

 
View of Bingo Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1856

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

Shrines and Temples

Kibitsu jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bingo. [3]

Related pages

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bingo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 76.
  2. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  3. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Other websites

  Media related to Bingo Province at Wikimedia Commons