Inaba Province
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Inaba Province highlighted
Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture.[1] It was sometimes called Inshū (因州). Inaba bordered on Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.
The ancient capital, and the castle town, were at Tottori city. Ube jinja was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.[2]
Historical districts[]
- Tottori Prefecture
- (智頭郡) - merged with Hattō and Yakami Districts to become Yazu District (八頭郡) on March 29, 1896
- (八東郡) - merged with Chizu and Yakami Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896
- (法美郡) - merged with Iwai and Ōmi Districts to become Iwami District (岩美郡) on March 29, 1896
- (岩井郡) - merged with Hōmi and Ōmi Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
- (気多郡) - merged with Takakusa District to become Ketaka District (気高郡) on March 29, 1896
- (邑美郡) - merged with Hōmi and Iwai Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
- (高草郡) - merged with Keta District to become Ketaka District on March 29, 1896
- (八上郡) - merged with Chizu and Hattō Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Inaba" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 385, p. 385, at Google Books.
- ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2. Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2011-08-09
References[]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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