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{{short description|Former province of Japan}}
[[Image:Provinces of Japan-Settsu.svg|thumb|right|Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Settsu Province highlighted]]
{{nihongo|'''Settsu Province'''|摂津国|Settsu no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|seꜜt.tsɯ (no kɯ.ɲi), set.tsɯꜜ-}}<ref name=NHK>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} was a [[Provinces of Japan|province]] of [[Japan]], which today comprises the southeastern part of [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] and the northern part of [[Osaka Prefecture]].<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "Settsu" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 846|page=846}}.</ref> It was also referred to as  {{nihongo|'''Tsu Province'''|津国|Tsu no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|tsɯꜜ (no kɯ.ɲi)|}}<ref name=NHK/>}} or  {{nihongo|''Sesshū''|摂州|}}.

[[Osaka, Osaka|Osaka]] and [[Osaka Castle]] were the main center of the province. Most of Settsu's area comprises the modern day cities of Osaka and [[Kōbe]].

==History==
During the [[Sengoku period]], the [[Miyoshi clan]] ruled Settsu and its neighbors, [[Izumi Province|Izumi]] and [[Kawachi Province|Kawachi]], until they were conquered by [[Oda Nobunaga]]. The provinces were ruled subsequently by [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. The [[Council of Five Elders|regents]] of Hideyoshi's son soon quarreled, and when [[Ishida Mitsunari]] lost the [[Battle of Sekigahara]], the area was given to relatives of [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].  It was from then on divided into several domains, including the [[Asada Domain]].

[[Sumiyoshi taisha]] was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (''[[ichinomiya]]'') for the province.<ref>[http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/images/uploads/EOS070712Ab.pdf "Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 3.]; retrieved 2011-08-09</ref>

During the Sengoku period Settsu became the main exporting centre of matchlock firearms to the rest of Japan.

The {{Nihongo|[[Kohama style]]|小浜流|Kohama-ryū}} of [[sake]] brewing was practiced at the {{Nihongo|Kohama-[[Shukuba|juku]]|小浜宿}} in the [[Amagasaki Domain]] of Settsu Province during the [[Edo period]].

==Historical districts==
* [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]
** [[Arima District, Hyōgo|Arima District]] (有馬郡) - dissolved on July 1, 1958
** [[Kawabe District, Hyōgo|Kawabe District]] (川辺郡)
** [[Muko District, Hyōgo|Muko District]] (武庫郡) - absorbed Ubara and Yatabe Districts on April 1, 1896; dissolved on April 1, 1954
** [[Ubara District, Hyōgo|Ubara District]] (菟原郡) - merged into Muko District (along with Yatabe District) on April 1, 1896
** [[Yatabe District, Hyōgo|Yatabe District]] (八部郡) - merged into Muko District (along with Ubara District District) on April 1, 1896
* [[Osaka Prefecture]]
** [[Higashinari District, Osaka|Higashinari District]] (東成郡) - absorbed Sumiyoshi District on April 1, 1896; dissolved on April 1, 1925
** [[Nishinari District, Osaka|Nishinari District]] (西成郡) - dissolved on April 1, 1925
** [[Nose District, Osaka|Nose District]] (能勢郡) - merged with Teshima District to become [[Toyono District, Osaka|Toyono District]] (豊能郡) on April 1, 1896
** [[Shimakami District, Osaka|Shimakami District]] (島上郡) - merged with Shimashimo District to become [[Mishima District, Osaka|Mishima District]] (三島郡) on April 1, 1896
** [[Shimashimo District, Osaka|Shimashimo District]] (島下郡) - merged with Shimakami District to become Mishima District on April 1, 1896
** [[Sumiyoshi District, Osaka|Sumiyoshi District]] (住吉郡) - merged into Higashinari District on April 1, 1896 
** [[Teshima District, Osaka|Teshima District]] (豊島郡) - merged with Nose District to become Toyono District on April 1, 1896

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

==External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Settsu Province}}
* [http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]

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[[Category:History of Hyōgo Prefecture]]
[[Category:History of Osaka Prefecture]]


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