Sagami Province

Sagami Province (相模さがみ国こく, Sagami no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of central and western Kanagawa Prefecture.^[1] It was sometimes called Sōshū (相州あいしゅう).

The province had borders with Izu, Musashi, Suruga provinces. Its Pacific Ocean border included Sagami Bay.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Hiratsuka.

History

Sagami was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code.

In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between Kyoto and Edo. The road passed through Sagami.^[2]

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Izu Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[3]

All of Sagami became part of the new Kanagawa Prefecture in 1876.^[1]

In 1906, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Sagami was named after the province.^[4]

Shrines and Temples

Samukawa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Hōki. ^[5]

Related pages

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 466-467.
↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
↑ Brassey, Thomas Allnutt (1906). Brassey's Annual: the Armed Forces Year-book, p. 24.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-25.

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Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[nussbaum466-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kanagawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 466-467.

[nussbaum973-2] Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.

[3] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

[4] Brassey, Thomas Allnutt (1906). Brassey's Annual: the Armed Forces Year-book, p. 24.

[5] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-25.

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v t e Provinces of Japan
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 Ugo 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, 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'."