Suō Province
province of Japan
Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Bōshū (防州).
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted
The province had borders with Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was Hōfu.
HistoryEdit
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Suō Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and TemplesEdit
Tamanoya jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Suō. [3]
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916.
- ↑ 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 websitesEdit
Media related to Suo Province at Wikimedia Commons
