Kawachi Province
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History
View of Kawachi Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853
Kawachi province was established in the 7th century. In the 8th century, Izumi was separated from the older province during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Kawachi Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
Hiraoka jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kawachi. [4] The shrine is located in Higashiōsaka.
Kawachi Province Media
Portrait of Miyoshi Nagayoshi
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Kawachi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 496.
- ↑ 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 2012-1-17.
Other websites
Media related to Kawachi Province at Wikimedia Commons
