Mimasaka Province

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

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

Nakayama jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mimasaka. ^[5]

Related pages

References

↑ 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

Media related to Mimasaka Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mimasaka" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 631.

[2] Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.

[3] Tarver, D. E. (2004). The Book of Five Rings, p. xvii.

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

[5] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-17.

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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'."