San'in region

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The San'in Region (山陰地方, San'in Chihō^?) is an area in the south of Honshū, the main island of Japan. It consist of the northern part of the Chūgoku region, facing the Sea of Japan.^[1] The name San'in means "northern, shady (yin) side of the mountains" and contrasts with the San'yō or "southern, sunny (yang) side of the mountains" region to the south.

The region is generally considered to include the prefectures of Shimane, Tottori and north side area of Yamaguchi.

The San'in encompasses the pre-Meiji provincial areas of Tamba, Tango, Tajima, Inaba, Hōki, Izumo, Iwami and Oki.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Titisngh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 65.
^ Titsingh, p. 65 n3.

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)