Suwa Province
Former province of Japan
Suwa Prefecture (諏方国, Suwa no kuni) is an old province in the area of Nagano Prefecture.[1]
It was located in the Tōsandō region of central Honshu. According to the old history book Shoku Nihongi, it was established on June 26 of 721 and abolished on March 3 of 731 (old Japanese calendar's date). Neither the location of the capital nor the exact border with Shinano is known.
Historical districts
Suwa Province consisted of three districts (originally two):
- Nagano Prefecture
- Ina District (伊那郡): split to become Kamiina and Shimoina Districts
- Suwa District (諏訪郡)
Gallery
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Geyser in Kamisuwa (上諏訪), Nagano Prefecture
See also
- Lake Suwa
- Suwa taisha
- Suwa, Nagano
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suwa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 917, p. 917, at Google Books.
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Other websites
Media related to Suwa Province at Wikimedia Commons
- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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Former provinces of Japan (List)
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provinces
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt,
- "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."
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