Etchū Province
Appearance
Etchū Province (
The province had borders with Echigo, Shinano, Hida, Kaga, and Noto provinces.
The capital city of the province was Takaoka.
History
[change | change source]The Noto Peninsula and Noto Province was separated from Etchū during the reign of Empress Genshō.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Etchū Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Takase jinja, Keta jinja and Oyama jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Etchū.[4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Etchū" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 183.
- ↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Etchu Province at Wikimedia Commons