Harima Province
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During the Edo period of Japanese history, the Akō Domain (fief) was part of Harima. The Forty-seven rōnin were samurai of Akō han. IHI Corporation, a shipbuilder and major Boeing engine subcontractor gets its name from the province.
History
Harima Province was established in 7th century. During the Meiji Restoration, Himeji Prefecture was established with the whole area of Harima Province as the territory. Himeji Prefecture was renamed to Shikama prefecture, and Shikama Prefecture was transferred to Hyōgo Prefecture finally.
Harima Sake Culture Tourism promotes the region as the "Hometown of Japanese Sake".
Temples and shrines
Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Harima.[2]
Historical districts
- Hyōgo Prefecture
- Akashi District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Akō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Innan District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Issai District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Ittō District to become Ibo District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on April 1, 1896
- Ittō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Issai District to become Ibo District on April 1, 1896
- Jinsai District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Jintō District to become Kanzaki District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on April 1, 1896
- Jintō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Jinsai District to become Kanzaki District on April 1, 1896
- Kako District (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kamo District (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Kasai District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Katō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Mino District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Sayō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
- Shikisai District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Shikitō District to become Shikama District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on April 1, 1896
- Shikitō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - merged with Shikisai District to become Shikama District on April 1, 1896
- Shisō District (Script error: No such module "Lang".) - dissolved
- Taka District (Script error: No such module "Lang".)
Notes
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- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Harima" in Template:Trim&pg=PA290 Japan Encyclopedia, p. 290, p. 290, at Google Books.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya", p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-20.
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Template:ISBN; OCLC 58053128
External links
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