Iyo Province

Iyo Province (伊予国, Iyo-no-kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.^[1] The province was sometimes called Yoshū (予州).

Iyo had borders with Awa, Sanuki, and Tosa Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near modern Imabari.

History

View of Iyo Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1855

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

Shrines and Temples

Ōyamazumi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iyo. ^[3]

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iyo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 411.
↑ 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.

Other websites

Media related to Iyo Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iyo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 411.

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

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

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