Kii Province
Illustration — Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kii Province highlighted Kii Province, or Kishū, was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture. Kii bordered Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces. The Kii Peninsula takes its name from this province.
Kii Province
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During the Edo period, the Kii branch of the Tokugawa clan had its castle at Wakayama. Its former ichinomiya shrine was Hinokuma Shrine. The Japanese bookshop chain Kinokuniya derives its name from the province.
• Wakayama Prefecture • Ama District (海部郡) - merged with Nagusa District to become Kaisō District (海草郡) on April 1, 1896 • Arida District (有田郡) • Hidaka District (日高郡) • Ito District (伊都郡) • Naga District (那賀郡) - dissolved • Nagusa District (名草郡) - merged with Ama District to become Kaisō District on April 1, 1896 • Mixed • Muro District (牟婁郡) • Higashimuro District (東牟婁郡) - part of Wakayama Prefecture • Kitamuro District (北牟婁郡) - part of Mie Prefecture • Minamimuro District (南牟婁郡) - part of Mie Prefecture • Nishimuro District (西牟婁郡) - part of Wakayama Prefecture
Kishū kumano iwatake tori (Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishu) from Hiroshige II's Shokoku meisho hyakkei ("100 famous views of Japan" or "100 famous views of the provinces").
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Kishū kumano iwatake tori (Iwatake mushroom gathering at Kumano in Kishu) from Hiroshige II's Shokoku meisho hyakkei ("100 famous views of Japan" or "100 famous views of the provinces")
Hiroshige II (1826-1869) · This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID jpd.01373. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached w
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- 1.NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute. NHK Publishing. 24 May 2016.
- 2.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kii" in .
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