Mikawa Province

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Mikawa Province

is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tokai region of the Chubu region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chukyo Metropolitan Area....
. Mikawa bordered on Owari

Owari Province

was an old Provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishu ....
, Mino

Mino Province

, one of the old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Mino Province bordered Echizen Province, Hida Province, Ise Province, Mikawa Province, Omi Province, Owari Province, and Shinano Province provinces....
, Shinano

Shinano Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now present day Nagano Prefecture. Its abbreviation is Shinshu .Shinano bordered on Echigo Province, Etchu Province, Hida Province, Kai Province, Kozuke Province, Mikawa Province, Mino Province, Musashi Province, Suruga Province, and Totomi Province provinces....
, and Totomi

Totomi Province

is a former Provinces of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka prefecture.Totomi's ancient castle town was near modern Iwata, Shizuoka, but by the Sengoku period, the chief castle town was at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka....
provinces.

Even today, Mikawa is used to refer to the eastern portion of Aichi, including such cities as Toyohashi, Okazaki

Okazaki, Aichi

is a cities of Japan located in Aichi Prefecture on Honshu of Japan....
, Hekinan and Toyota

Toyota, Aichi

||-||-||}, aka Toyota City is a cities of Japan located in the Mikawa region of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of Nagoya, Aichi....
.

Mikawa was the original fief of the shogun

Shogun

is a military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces of Japan. The Japanese word for "general", it is made up of two kanji characters: sho, meaning "commander", "general", or "admiral", and gun meaning military troops or warriors....
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
before he gained control of Kanto

Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
. Okazaki was the principal castle town of Mikawa, although Yoshida Castle, near Toyohashi, was also a major fief at times.

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is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Tokai region of the Chubu region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chukyo Metropolitan Area....
. Mikawa bordered on Owari

Owari Province

was an old Provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of present day Aichi Prefecture, including much of modern Nagoya. Its abbreviation is Bishu ....
, Mino

Mino Province

Shinano Province

Totomi Province

Okazaki, Aichi

is a cities of Japan located in Aichi Prefecture on Honshu of Japan....
, Hekinan and Toyota

Toyota, Aichi

||-||-||}, aka Toyota City is a cities of Japan located in the Mikawa region of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of Nagoya, Aichi....
.

Mikawa was the original fief of the shogun

Shogun

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Kanto region

Fireworks

A firework is classified as a low explosive material pyrotechnics device used primarily for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display....
, manufacturing most of Japan's fireworks. In order to maintain security, Mikawa was the only area permitted by the shogun to produce gunpowder, which led to the fireworks industry. The annual Okazaki

Okazaki

Okazaki may refer to:...
fireworks are some of the best in Japan.

During the Edo period, the following domains were located in Mikawa:

Koromo
Koromo Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province. It changed hands many times, but was always under the rule of a fudai daimyo....
, ruled by the Naito clan
Naito clan

The was a Japanese clan which claimed its descent from Fujiwara no Hidesato. The Naito became daimyo during the Edo period.References ...
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Yoshida
Yoshida Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province . It was ruled by a number of different fudai families over the course of the Edo period, before finally passing into the hands of the Matsudaira clan....
, ruled by the Matsudaira (Okochi) clan
Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province ....
.
Tawara, ruled by the Miyake clan
Miyake clan

The was a Japanese clan which claimed descent from the famed Kamakura era warrior Kojima Takanori, evidently established by one of his sons during the 14th century....
.
Hatagamura, ruled by the Toda clan.
Nishi-Ohira
Nishi-Ohira Domain

The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. Located in Mikawa Province, its first lord was Ooka Tadasuke, the famous Kyoho era magistrate who served under the eighth Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune....
, ruled by the Ooka clan.
Okazaki
Okazaki Domain

was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province . Its seat of government was Okazaki Castle, the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu....
, ruled by the Honda clan
Honda clan

The is a Japanese family claiming descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi. The family settled in Mikawa Province and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers; later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the Honda had a rise in prestige....
.
Nishio
Nishio Domain

The was a Japanese Han of the Edo period, located in Mikawa Province ....
, ruled by the Matsudaira (Ogyu) clan
Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province ....
.
Kariya, ruled by the Doi clan.
Okutono
Okutono Domain

, also known as Ogyu-han and later, Tatsuoka-han, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, with holdings scattered between Mikawa Province and Shinano Province....
, ruled by the Matsudaira (Ogyu) clan
Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province ....
.