All Topics  
Mimasaka Province

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Mimasaka Province
 
 
  Topics Mimasaka Province Topic Home

Mimasaka (??? -no kuni) or Sakushu (?? sakushu) was a province
Provinces of Japan

Before the modern Prefectures of Japan was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni , usually known in English language as provinces....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the part of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
 that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Okayama....
. Mimasaka bordered Bitchu
Bitchu Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of western Honshu, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture. Bitchu bordered Hoki Province, Mimasaka Province, Bizen Province, and Bingo Province provinces....
, Bizen
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
, Harima
Harima Province

or Banshu was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyogo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, Settsu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province provinces....
, Hoki
Hoki Province

Hoki was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. Hoki bordered on Inaba province, Mimasaka province, Bitchu province, Bingo province, and Izumo provinces....
, and Inaba Province
Inaba Province

Inaba was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. Inaba bordered on Harima province, Hoki province, Mimasaka province, and Tajima provinces....
s.

Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 in Bizen. The ancient capital and castle town was Tsuyama
Tsuyama, Okayama

is a cities of Japan located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 89,974 and the population density of 484.43 persons per km?....
. During the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 the province was controlled by the Tsuyama Domain
Tsuyama Domain

The was a feudal domain in Mimasaka Province of Japan during the Edo period....
.

he 3rd month of the 6th year of the Wado
Wado (era)

was a after Keiun and before Reiki . This period spanned the years from 708 through 715. The reigning emperor was ....
 era (713), the land of Mimasaka-no kuni was administratively separated from Bizen province
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Mimasaka Province'
Start a new discussion about 'Mimasaka Province'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Mimasaka (??? -no kuni) or Sakushu (?? sakushu) was a province
Provinces of Japan

Before the modern Prefectures of Japan was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni , usually known in English language as provinces....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the part of Honshu
Honshu

or Honshu is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait....
 that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Okayama....
. Mimasaka bordered Bitchu
Bitchu Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of western Honshu, in what is today western Okayama Prefecture. Bitchu bordered Hoki Province, Mimasaka Province, Bizen Province, and Bingo Province provinces....
, Bizen
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
, Harima
Harima Province

or Banshu was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyogo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, Settsu Province, Bizen Province, and Mimasaka Province provinces....
, Hoki
Hoki Province

Hoki was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. Hoki bordered on Inaba province, Mimasaka province, Bitchu province, Bingo province, and Izumo provinces....
, and Inaba Province
Inaba Province

Inaba was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. Inaba bordered on Harima province, Hoki province, Mimasaka province, and Tajima provinces....
s.

Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the daimyo
Daimyo

The were powerful territorial lords who ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. The term derives from a shortening of the title , which literally means "great named land" and originally simply referred to the owner of a large estate....
 in Bizen. The ancient capital and castle town was Tsuyama
Tsuyama, Okayama

is a cities of Japan located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 89,974 and the population density of 484.43 persons per km?....
. During the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
 the province was controlled by the Tsuyama Domain
Tsuyama Domain

The was a feudal domain in Mimasaka Province of Japan during the Edo period....
.

Historical record

In the 3rd month of the 6th year of the Wado
Wado (era)

was a after Keiun and before Reiki . This period spanned the years from 708 through 715. The reigning emperor was ....
 era (713), the land of Mimasaka-no kuni was administratively separated from Bizen province
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
. In that same year, Empress Gemmei
Empress Gemmei

was the 43rd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This sovereign is sometimes identified as Empress Genmyo....
's Daijo-kan continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period
Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijo-kyo . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyo, in 784 before moving to Heian-kyo , or Kyoto, a decade lat...
.

In Wado 6, Tamba province
Tamba Province

was an Provinces of Japan of Japan. The ambit of its borders encompassed both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyogo Prefecture....
 was sundered from Tango province
Tango Province

was an old provinces of Japan in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. Tango bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, and Wakasa Province provinces....
; and Hyuga province
Hyuga Province

Hyuga was an old provinces of Japan of Japan on the east coast of Kyushu, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki prefecture. Hyuga bordered on Bungo Province, Higo Province, Osumi Province, and Satsuma Provinces....
 was divided from Osumi province
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
. In Wado 5 (712), Mutsu province
Mutsu Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan, made up of the present-day Prefectures of Japans of Fukushima Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture, and the municipalities of Kazuno, Akita and Kosaka, Akita in Akita Prefecture....
 had been severed from Dewa province
Dewa Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka, Akita....
.

Further reading

  • Titsingh
    Isaac Titsingh

    Isaac Titsingh was a Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company ....
    , Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth
    Julius Klaproth

    Julius Heinrich Klaproth , German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, Orientalist and explorer.Klaproth was born in Berlin in October of 1783, the son of the chemist Martin Heinrich Klaproth....
    .     Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
    Royal Asiatic Society

    The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was, according to its Royal Charter of 11 August 1824, established to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the Society has been a forum, through lectures, its jour...
    .