Iwami Province (石見国, Iwami-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called...

Iwami may refer to: Iwami Province (石見国), an old province of Japan Iwami, Shimane (石見町), a former town in Shimane, Japan Iwami, Tottori (岩美町), a town in...

region (-chihō, roughly comparable to ancient circuits, -dō) and ancient province (kuni/-shū, roughly comparable to modern prefectures, -to/-dō/-fu/-ken)...

Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami and Suō Provinces. Although the ancient capital of the province was Shimonoseki, Hagi was the seat of the...

(parts of San'in region) Iwami dialect (western Shimane Prefecture, formerly known as Iwami Province) ja is also used in western Iwami region. Inshū, also...

born to the Kakinomoto clan, based in Yamato Province, probably in the 650s, and likely died in Iwami Province around 709. He served as court poet to Empress...

Iwami (岩美町, Iwami-chō) is a town located in Iwami District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 December 2022[update], the town had an estimated population...

Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture. Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and...

657 a byakko or "white fox" was reported to have been witnessed in Iwami Province, possibly a sign of good omen. And in 659, a fox bit off the end of...

prefecture. It is the largest of the four coastal plains in former Iwami Province. The castle is located on a strategic point controlling the junction...