Tosa Province
Appearance
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Tosa Province (
The province had borders with Iyo and Awa Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near modern Nankoku.
History[change | change source]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Tosa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
Tosa faced the Pacific Ocean.
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Tosa-jinja19s3872.jpg/220px-Tosa-jinja19s3872.jpg)
Tosa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tosa. [3]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tosa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 988.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Tosa Province at Wikimedia Commons