Iki Province
province of Japan
Iki Province (壱岐国, Iki no Kuni) was an island province of Japan in the area of Nagasaki Prefecture near the island of Kyūshū.[1] The province is also known as Isshū (壱州) .

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Iki Province highlighted
The province was Iki Island.
HistoryEdit
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Iki Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and TemplesEdit
Amanotanagao jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iki. [3]
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 379.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Iki Province at Wikimedia Commons