Satsuma Province
province of Japan
Satsuma Province (薩摩国, Satsuma-no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Its abbreviation is Sasshū (薩州).
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Satsuma Province highlighted
HistoryEdit
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Satsuma Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and TemplesEdit
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Hirasaki jinja and Nitta Hachiman-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Satsuma.[3]
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). Satsuma" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 829.
- ↑ 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 Satsuma Province at Wikimedia Commons
