Suō Province
- Suō was also the Japanese name for Suao, Yilan, Taiwan.
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted
Suō Province (周防国 Suō no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1] It was sometimes called Bōshū (防州). Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.
The ancient provincial capital was in Hōfu. Suō was ruled for much of the Muromachi Period by the Ōuchi clan, who built a castle at Yamaguchi. In the Sengoku Period it was conquered by the Mōri clan, and was ruled remotely by them for much of the Edo Period.
Shrines and temples
Tamanoya jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Suō. [2]
Historical districts
- Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Kuga District (玖珂郡)
- Kumage District (熊毛郡)
- Ōshima District (大島郡)
- Saba District (佐波郡) - dissolved
- Tsuno District (都濃郡) - dissolved
- Yoshiki District (吉敷郡) - dissolved
See also
Notes
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916, p. 916, at Google Books.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2012-11-20.
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
External links
Media related to Suo Province at Wikimedia Commons
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