Mimasaka Province

Mimasaka Province (美作国, Mimasaka-no kuni) or Sakushu (作州, Sakushū) was an old province of Japan in the area of Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Mimasaka Province highlighted

The province had borders with Bitchū, Bizen, Harima, Hōki, and Inaba Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Tsuyama.

History
View of Mimasaka Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853

In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), the land of Mimasaka was separated from Bizen Province.[2]

Mimasaka was the home of the samurai Miyamoto Musashi who is known for writing The Book of Five Rings.[3]

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

Shrines and Temples

Nakayama jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mimasaka. [5]

References
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mimasaka" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 631.
  2. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
  3. Tarver, D. E. (2004). The Book of Five Rings, p. xvii.
  4. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  5. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Other websites

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