Awa Province (Tokushima)
province of Japan, now Tokushima Prefecture
Awa Province (阿波国, Awa-no kuni)[1] was an old province of Japan in the area of Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[2] It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州).
History change
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Awa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples change
Ōasahiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Awa. [4]
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References change
- ↑ Awa Province on Honshū sounds like it has the same name, but it is written with different kanji (安房国).
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
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