Sanuki Province

Sanuki Province (讃岐国, Sanuki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[1] It was sometimes called Sanshū (讃州).

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Sanuki Province highlighted

The province had borders with Awa and Iyo Provinces.

History

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

Geography

Sanuki faced the Seto Inland Sea.

Shrines and Temples

Tamura jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Sanuki. [3]

  • View of Takamatsu castle in Sanuki Province, photograph, 1882
    View of Takamatsu castle in Sanuki Province, photograph, 1882
  • List of ichinomiya at Tamura Shrine which was the ichinomiya of Sanuki Province
    List of ichinomiya at Tamura Shrine which was the ichinomiya of Sanuki Province

References
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sanuki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 823.
  2. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
  3. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Other websites

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