Tōtōmi Province
province of Japan
Tōtōmi Province (遠江国, Tōtōmi-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Shizuoka Prefecture.[1] It is also known as Enshū (遠州).
The province had borders with Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces.
History change
Tōtōmi was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code.
In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between Kyoto and Edo. The road passed through Tōtōmi.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Izu Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples change
Oguni jinja and Kotonomamahachimangū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Tōtōmi.[4]
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References change
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōtōmi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 990.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-24.
Other websites change
Media related to Totomi Province at Wikimedia Commons
