Kaga Province
Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) was an old province in the area of Ishikawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Kashū (加州).
History
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In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kaga Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Shirayamahime jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kaga. [3]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 445.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
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Media related to Kaga Province at Wikimedia Commons
