Izu Province
Izu Province (伊豆国, Izu-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Shizuoka Prefecture on the island of on Honshū.[1] It was also known as Zushū (豆州).
Izu had borders with Sagami and Suruga Provinces.
History
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During the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road passed through northern Izu. Travelers from Edo to Kyoto stopped at the post town (shuku-eki) at Mishima.[2]
In the 1850s, Shimoda was opened to American trade. The first American Consulate in Japan was opened at the temple of Gyokusen-ji in Shimoda.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Izu Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
The Izu Peninsula is today the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. The Izu Islands are considered part of Tokyo.
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Mishima taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Izu. [5]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Izu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 411.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Shimoda" at p. 861.
- ↑ 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
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Media related to Izu Province at Wikimedia Commons
