Tōtōmi Province
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The province had borders with Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces.
History
Tōtōmi was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code.
In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between Kyoto and Edo. The road passed through Tōtōmi.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Izu Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
Oguni jinja and Kotonomamahachimangū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Tōtōmi.[4]
Tōtōmi Province Media
- Part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, no. 38 , 2nd additional woodcut.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōtōmi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 990.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-24.
Other websites
Media related to Totomi Province at Wikimedia Commons
