Awa Province (Tokushima)
Awa Province (阿波国, Awa-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.[1] Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州) .
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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province (Tokushima) highlighted
Historical districts
- Tokushima Prefecture
- Awa District (阿波郡) - dissolved
- Itano District (板野郡)
- Kaifu District (海部郡)
- Katsuura District (勝浦郡)
- Mima District (美馬郡)
- Miyoshi District (三好郡)
- Myōdō District (名東郡)
- Myōzai District (名西郡)
- Naka District (那賀郡)
- Ōe District (麻植郡) - dissolved
Notes
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62, p. 62, at Google Books.
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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