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was an old province 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....
 on the island of Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
, with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is Takamatsu.History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province....
. It faced the Inland Sea
Inland Sea

Formally named the , the Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the main islands of Japan. It serves as an international waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan....
 and bordered on Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
 and Iyo province
Iyo Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku. Iyo bordered on Awa province , Sanuki province, and Tosa Provinces....
s. Across Naruto strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
 it bordered Awaji province
Awaji Province

Awaji was an old provinces of Japan of Japan covering Awaji Island, between Honshu and Shikoku. Today it is part of Hyogo Prefecture. It is sometimes called Tanshu ....
 too. Administratively it was included as a part of Nankaido
Nankaido

The , literally meaning "southern sea road," was both an ancient region of Japan and an ancient road which connected provincial capitals in this region....
. It was settled in the 7th century and originally consisted of the northeastern part of Shikoku and Awaku Islands on the Inland Sea.

Sanuki's ancient capital is believed to have been near modern Sakaide
Sakaide, Kagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 56,365 and the population density of 610 persons per km?....
, but has not been discovered.






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was an old province 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....
 on the island of Shikoku
Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshu and east of Kyushu island. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima ....
, with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is Takamatsu.History Kagawa was formerly known as Sanuki Province....
. It faced the Inland Sea
Inland Sea

Formally named the , the Inland Sea is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the main islands of Japan. It serves as an international waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan....
 and bordered on Awa
Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa province, Sanuki province, and Iyo provinces....
 and Iyo province
Iyo Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku. Iyo bordered on Awa province , Sanuki province, and Tosa Provinces....
s. Across Naruto strait
Naruto Strait

is a strait between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan. It connects Harima nada, the eastern part of the Inland Sea and Kii Channel. A famous feature of the strait is the Naruto whirlpool....
 it bordered Awaji province
Awaji Province

Awaji was an old provinces of Japan of Japan covering Awaji Island, between Honshu and Shikoku. Today it is part of Hyogo Prefecture. It is sometimes called Tanshu ....
 too. Administratively it was included as a part of Nankaido
Nankaido

The , literally meaning "southern sea road," was both an ancient region of Japan and an ancient road which connected provincial capitals in this region....
. It was settled in the 7th century and originally consisted of the northeastern part of Shikoku and Awaku Islands on the Inland Sea.

Sanuki's ancient capital is believed to have been near modern Sakaide
Sakaide, Kagawa

is a cities of Japan located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 56,365 and the population density of 610 persons per km?....
, but has not been discovered. Takamatsu
Takamatsu, Kagawa

is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government....
 developed as the main seat of the province in the Middle Ages.

In the Sengoku period Sanuki was ruled by the Miyoshi clan
Miyoshi clan

The Miyoshi clan is a Japanese family descended from Emperor Seiwa and the Minamoto clan . They were a cadet branch of the Ogasawara clan and the Takeda clan....
. The Miyoshi were invaded by Chosokabe clan
Chosokabe clan

The was a Japanese samurai clan of the Sengoku period, that controlled Tosa Province. The clan is sometimes also known as . Chosokabe Motochika, who unified Shikoku, was the 21st head of the clan....
 in Tosa province
Tosa Province

is the name of a provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kochi prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo province and Awa province Provinces....
 and lost Sanuki province. Finally Chosokabe lost a battle against Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Hideyoshi

was a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, after Hideyoshi's castle....
 and Sanuki was given to his men.

In 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....
 Sanuki was divided into five; three han
Han (Japan)

The , or domains, were the fiefs of feudal lords of Japan that were created by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and existed until their Abolition of the han system in 1871, three years after the Meiji Restoration....
 in Takamatsu, Marugame, Tadotsu, 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....
's direct holding and a part of Tsuyama han
Tsuyama Domain

The was a feudal domain in Mimasaka Province of Japan during the Edo period....
 whose mainland was on 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....
. Naoshima Islands and Shodoshima
Shodoshima

is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means literally "Island of Small Beans". There are two main towns on the island: Tonosho, Kagawa and Shodoshima, Kagawa, comprising the district of Shozu District, Kagawa....
 was 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....
 and merged into Sanuki province.

See also

  • Sanuki udon - Local type of Udon
    Udon

    is a type of thick wheat-flour noodle popular in Japanese cuisine.Udon is usually served hot as noodle soup in a mildly flavoured broth, in its simplest form as kake udon, served in kakejiru made of dashi, soy sauce , and mirin....
  • Kamatamare Sanuki
    Kamatamare Sanuki

    Kamatamare Sanuki are a football club based in Takamatsu, the capital city of Kagawa Prefecture of Japan. They play in the Sikoku League, one of the 9 regional leagues that are the 4th tier of the Japanese football hierarchy after J....
     - Local football
    Football (soccer)

    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
     club based in Takamatsu
    Takamatsu, Kagawa

    is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government....