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Kaga Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kaga Province highlighted

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History

 
Chief Shinto shrine of Kaga Province

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

Shrines and Temples

Shirayamahime jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kaga. [3]

Kaga Province Media

  • Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kaga" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting fishing fires on Lake Renko

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 445.
  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 Kaga Province at Wikimedia Commons




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