Izumi Province
File:Provinces of Japan-Izumi.svg
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Izumi Province highlighted.
Izumi Province (和泉国, Izumi no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Osaka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
History
Izumi Province was created during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Izumi Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
Ōtori Shrine was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Izumi.[4]
Izumi Province Media
- Izumi provincial government ruins.jpg
Site of the Izumi kokufu
- Izumi Kokubunji, entrance.jpg
和泉国分寺 境内入り口
- Ōtori-taisha, Worship Hall 001.jpg
大阪府堺市西区鳳北町にある和泉国一宮の大鳥大社。拝殿。
- 2019 Danjiri festival at Otori Shrine008.jpg
Danjiri matsuri at Ōtori Taisha
- Kishiwada Castle Kishiwada Osaka pref Japan28n.jpg
Kishiwada_Castle in Kishiwada, Osaka prefecture, Japan
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780.
- ↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-10-18.
Other websites
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Izumi Province at Wikimedia Commons
