Hōki Province

Hoki Province (伯耆国, Hōki-no kuni^?) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture.^[1] It was sometimes called Hakushū (伯州^?). Hōki bordered on Inaba, Mimasaka, Bitchū, Bingo, and Izumo Provinces.

The ancient capital was in the area that is now Kurayoshi, and a major castle town was at Yonago.

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References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128