Nagato Province

Nagato Province (長門国, Nagato no kuni), often called Chōshū (長州), was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Nagato Province highlighted

The province had borders with Iwami and Suō Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Shimonoseki.

History
Coast of Nagato Province

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Nagato Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]

The Japanese battleship Nagato was named after this province.[3]

Shrines and Temples

Sumiyoshi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Nagato. [4]

References
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nagato" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 684.
  2. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  3. Nussbaum, "Nagato" at p. 684.
  4. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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