Iki Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Iki Province highlighted

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The province was Iki Island.

History

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

Shrines and Temples

 
Tsukiyomi shrine

Amanotanagao jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iki. [3]

Related pages

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 379.
  2. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  3. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.

Other websites

  Media related to Iki Province at Wikimedia Commons