Awa Province (Tokushima)
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Awa Province (阿波国, Awa-no kuni)[1] was an old province of Japan in the area of Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[2] It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州).
Awa had borders with Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces.
History
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In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Awa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Ōasahiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Awa. [4]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ Awa Province on Honshū sounds like it has the same name, but it is written with different kanji (安房国).
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62.
- ↑ 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 websites
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Media related to Awa Province (Tokushima) at Wikimedia Commons
