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Mimasaka Province (美作国, Mimasaka-no kuni) or Sakushu (作州, Sakushū) was an old province of Japan in the area of Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
The province had borders with Bitchū, Bizen, Harima, Hōki, and Inaba Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was Tsuyama.
History
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In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), the land of Mimasaka was separated from Bizen Province.[2]
Mimasaka was the home of the samurai Miyamoto Musashi who is known for writing The Book of Five Rings.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Mimasaka Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Nakayama jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mimasaka. [5]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mimasaka" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 631.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
- ↑ Tarver, D. E. (2004). The Book of Five Rings, p. xvii.
- ↑ 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 Mimasaka Province at Wikimedia Commons