- Awa Province (Tokushima)
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For other uses, see AWA (disambiguation).
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province (Tokushima) highlighted
Awa Province (阿波国 Awa-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.[1] Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州) .
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Former provinces of Japan (List) Kinai Tōkaidō Tōsandō Hokurikudō San'indō San'yōdō Nankaidō Saikaidō Hokkaidō
1869-1882Ancient pre-Taihō Code provinces included: Fusa · Hi · Keno · Kibi · Koshi · Kumaso · Toyo · Tsukushi
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Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, 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'."
Categories:- Old provinces of Japan
- Tokushima geography stubs
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