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Suō Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted

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The province had borders with Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Hōfu.

History

 
View of Kintai Bridge in Suō Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1859

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

Shrines and Temples

Tamanoya jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Suō. [3]

Suō Province Media

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

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916.
  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 Suo Province at Wikimedia Commons




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