Inaba Province

Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Tottori Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1] It was sometimes called Inshū (因州).

The province had borders with Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was at Tottori city.

History

Tottori Castle in Hōki Province, early Meiji period

Ruins of Tottori Castle, 2010

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Inaba Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[2]

Shrines and Temples

Ube jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Inaba. ^[3]

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Inaba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 385.
↑ 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

Media related to Inaba Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

35°24′42″N 134°11′44″E / 35.41167°N 134.19556°E / 35.41167; 134.19556

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Inaba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 385.

[2] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

[3] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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