Owari Province

Owari Province (尾張国, Owari no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] including much of modern Nagoya. It is also known as Bishū (尾州).

The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa

History

The province was created in 646.[1]

In the Sengoku Period, Oda Nobunaga held Kiyosu Castle.[2]

In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between the Imperial capital at Kyoto and the main city of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The road passed through Owari.[3]

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Owari Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]

Geography

Owari and Mino provinces were separated by the Sakai River.

Shrines and Temples

Masumida jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Owari. [5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Owari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 767.
  2. ↑ Kiyosu City website, "Kiyosu Castle" Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-19.
  3. ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
  4. ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  5. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-19.

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