Kii Province
province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture
Kii Province (紀伊国, Kii no Kuni), or Kishū (紀州), was an old province of Japan in the area of Wakayama Prefecture and Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
Kii had borders with Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.
History change
During the Edo period, the Kii branch of the Tokugawa clan[2] held the castle at Wakayama.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kii Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples change
Hinokuma-Kunikakasu jinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kii. [4]
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References change
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kii" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 515.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Kii" at p. 515; excerpt, "Branch of the Tokugawa family, formed by descendants of Tokugawa Yorinobu, Tokugawa Ieyasu's eighth son"
- ↑ 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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