Tango Province (丹後国, Tango no Kuni) was an old province in the area of Kyoto Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Along with Tamba Province, it was sometimes called Tanshū (丹州).
The province had borders with Tajima, Tamba, and Wakasa provinces.
Maizuru or Miyazu was the capital city of the province.
History
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In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), Tango was separated from Tamba province.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Tango Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Geography
changeTango faced the Sea of Japan.
Shrines and Temples
changeKono jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tango.[4]
Related pages
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change- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tango" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 948.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, p. 64.
- ↑ 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 websites
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Media related to Tango Province at Wikimedia Commons
