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Inaba Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Inaba Province highlighted

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The province had borders with Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was at Tottori city.

History

 
Tottori Castle in Hōki Province, early Meiji period
 
Ruins of Tottori Castle, 2010

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

Shrines and Temples

Ube jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Inaba. [3]

Inaba Province Media

  • Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Inaba" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Kajikoyama

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Inaba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 385.
  2. ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  3. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Other websites

  Media related to Inaba Province at Wikimedia Commons


Coordinates: 35°24′42″N 134°11′44″E / 35.41167°N 134.19556°E / 35.41167; 134.19556



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