Harima Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Harima Province highlighted

Template:Nihongo or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Harima" in Template:Google books.</ref> Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.

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.<ref>"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya", p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-20.</ref>

Historical districts

• Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Akashi District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
  • Akō District (Template:Lang)
  • Innan District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
  • Issai District (Template:Lang) - merged with Ittō District to become Ibo District (Template:Lang) on April 1, 1896
  • Ittō District (Template:Lang) - merged with Issai District to become Ibo District on April 1, 1896
  • Jinsai District (Template:Lang) - merged with Jintō District to become Kanzaki District (Template:Lang) on April 1, 1896
  • Jintō District (Template:Lang) - merged with Jinsai District to become Kanzaki District on April 1, 1896
  • Kako District (Template:Lang)
  • Kamo District (Template:Lang)
    • Kasai District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
    • Katō District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
  • Mino District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
  • Sayō District (Template:Lang)
  • Shikisai District (Template:Lang) - merged with Shikitō District to become Shikama District (Template:Lang) on April 1, 1896
  • Shikitō District (Template:Lang) - merged with Shikisai District to become Shikama District on April 1, 1896
  • Shisō District (Template:Lang) - dissolved
  • Taka District (Template:Lang)

References

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

External links

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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