Iwami Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Iwami Province highlighted

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History

 
Iwami Ginzan silver mine

In the Edo period, silver was discovered and mined. The Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). was added to the World Heritage List in 2007.[2]

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iwami Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]

Shrines and Temples

Mononobe jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iwami. [4]

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References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwami" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408.
  2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine; retrieved 2011-1-20.
  3. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  4. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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