Gokishichidō

Traditional regions of Japan

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). was the name for ancient regions of Japan starting in the Asuka period.[1] Imperial government of Japan was divided into large regions made up of several provinces.

Regions

The Gokishichidō counted the five provinces in the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). or capital area as one region.[2] In addition, there were seven Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). in an organizational system which was imported from China in the 7th century. Each of the "circuits" or do was a region which had several provinces within it.

Over centuries, the government functions of the Gokishichido became less important. However, the traditional Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). remained cultural markers.

Core

Under the Gokishichido system, the central provinces were considered to be a core region. These lands are called the Kansai region[3] or Kinki[4] or Kinai.[5] The five provinces included:

Circuits

Under the Gokishichido system, there were seven roads which connected the imperial capital with all of the provincial capitals. The land around each of the roads was called by the same name as the road, including

Related pages

 
Traditional regions in the context of modern prefectures.
Kinai Tōkaidō Tōsandō Hokurikudō
San'indō San'yōdō Nankaidō Saikaidō

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). Goki-shichidō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 255.
  2. Gokishichidō is a compound word made up of Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). plus Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).
  3. Nussbaum, "Kansai," p. 477; excerpt, "Region between Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto without well-defined borders (as opposed to the term Kinki").
  4. Nussbaum, "Kinki," p. 522.
  5. Nussbaum, "Kinai," at 521; excerpt, "This region is still called Kinai, though its area now corresponds only vaguely to the provinces it once encompassed."
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Gilman, Daniel Coit and Harry Thurston. (1907). "Japan," in The New International Encyclopædia, Vol. 11, p. 132.
  7. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 66 n2
  8. Titsingh, pp. 65-66 n3.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Titsingh, p. 65 n3.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Titsingh, p. 57 n1.