Kawachi Province

Kawachi Province (河内国, Kawachi no kuni) was a old province of Japan in the area of Osaka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]

History

Kawachi province was established in the 7th century. In the 8th century, Izumi was separated from the older province during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]

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

Shrines and Temples

Hiraoka jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kawachi. [4] The shrine is located in Higashiōsaka.

References

  1. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Kawachi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 496.
  2. ↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
  3. ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  4. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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