Inaba Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Inaba Province highlighted

Inaba Province (因幡国, Inaba-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture.^[1] It was sometimes called Inshū (因州). Inaba bordered on Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.

The ancient capital, and the castle town, were at Tottori city. Ube jinja was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province. ^[2]

Historical districts

• Tottori Prefecture
  • Chizu District (智頭郡) - merged with Hattō and Yakami Districts to become Yazu District (八頭郡) on March 29, 1896
  • Hattō District (八東郡) - merged with Chizu and Yakami Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896
  • Hōmi District (法美郡) - merged with Iwai and Ōmi Districts to become Iwami District (岩美郡) on March 29, 1896
  • Iwai District (岩井郡) - merged with Hōmi and Ōmi Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
  • Keta District (気多郡) - merged with Takakusa District to become Ketaka District (気高郡) on March 29, 1896
  • Ōmi District (邑美郡) - merged with Hōmi and Iwai Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
  • Takakusa District (高草郡) - merged with Keta District to become Ketaka District on March 29, 1896
  • Yakami District (八上郡) - merged with Chizu and Hattō Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896

See also

• Tottori Domain
• Shikano Domain
• Wakasa Domain

Notes

References

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

External links

Media related to Inaba Province at Wikimedia Commons

• "Inaba Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com
• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Coordinates: 35°24′42″N 134°11′44″E / 35.41167°N 134.19556°E / 35.41167; 134.19556