Harima Province
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Harima Province highlighted
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The province had borders with the provinces of Tajima, Tamba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka.
The provincial capital city was Himeji on the Ishikawa River.[3]
History
View of Harima Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853-1856
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Harima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Temples and Shrines
Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Harima. [5]
Related pages
References
- ↑ Terry's Japanese Empire. Houghton Mifflin. 1914. p. 768.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Terry's Japanese Empire. Houghton Mifflin. 1914. p. 633.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 780. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
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