Suō Province
File:Provinces of Japan-Suo.svg
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted
Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Bōshū (防州).
The province had borders with Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was Hōfu.
History
File:Hiroshige II Suō Iwakuni.jpg
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
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
16x16px Media related to Suo Province at Wikimedia Commons
