Sanuki Province

Sanuki Province (讃岐国, Sanuki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.^[1] It was sometimes called Sanshū (讃州).

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Sanuki Province highlighted

The province had borders with Awa and Iyo Provinces.

HistoryEdit

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

GeographyEdit

Sanuki faced the Seto Inland Sea.

Shrines and TemplesEdit

Tamura jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Sanuki. ^[3]

GalleryEdit

View of Takamatsu castle in Sanuki Province, photograph, 1882
List of ichinomiya at Tamura Shrine which was the ichinomiya of Sanuki Province

Related pagesEdit

ReferencesEdit

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sanuki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 823.
↑ 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 websitesEdit

Media related to Sanuki Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sanuki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 823.

[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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