Iga Province

Iga Province (伊賀国, Iga no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Ishū (伊州).

The province had borders with Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.

The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.[2]

History

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iga Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]

Geography

Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.

Shrines and Temples

Aekuni jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iga.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Iga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 373.
  2. ↑ Turnbull, Stephen R. (2008). The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, p. 125.
  3. ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  4. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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