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is the name of a former 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 area that is today Kochi prefecture
Kochi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the south coast of Shikoku. The capital is the city of Kochi, Kochi....
 on 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 ....
. Tosa was bordered by Iyo
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....
 and 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....
 Provinces.

The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku
Nankoku, Kochi

is a rural cities of Japan located in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Strong in the fishing industry and the market industry, Nankoku-shi supplies most of Kochi's agricultural needs, because of the amount of fields and plantations....
. Tosa was ruled by the 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....
 during the Sengoku period, and Chosokabe Motochika
Chosokabe Motochika

was a Sengoku period daimyo in Japan. He was the 21st head of the Chosokabe clan of Tosa Province . He was the son and heir of Chosokabe Kunichika and his mother was a daughter of the Saito clan of Mino Province....
 briefly unified 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 ....
 under his rule, although he was reduced to Tosa again by 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 dispossessed entirely after Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
. The province was then granted to Yamanouchi Kazutoyo. Tosa was a relatively poor province, and lacked a strong castle town even under the Chosokabe.






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is the name of a former 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 area that is today Kochi prefecture
Kochi Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the south coast of Shikoku. The capital is the city of Kochi, Kochi....
 on 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 ....
. Tosa was bordered by Iyo
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....
 and 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....
 Provinces.

The ancient capital was near modern Nankoku
Nankoku, Kochi

is a rural cities of Japan located in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Strong in the fishing industry and the market industry, Nankoku-shi supplies most of Kochi's agricultural needs, because of the amount of fields and plantations....
. Tosa was ruled by the 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....
 during the Sengoku period, and Chosokabe Motochika
Chosokabe Motochika

was a Sengoku period daimyo in Japan. He was the 21st head of the Chosokabe clan of Tosa Province . He was the son and heir of Chosokabe Kunichika and his mother was a daughter of the Saito clan of Mino Province....
 briefly unified 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 ....
 under his rule, although he was reduced to Tosa again by 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 dispossessed entirely after Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara

The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Though it would take three more years for Ieyasu to consolidate his position of power over the Toyotomi clan and the daimyo, Sekigahara is widely considered to be the unofficial beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate,...
. The province was then granted to Yamanouchi Kazutoyo. Tosa was a relatively poor province, and lacked a strong castle town even under the Chosokabe. After Sekigahara, the castle town of Kochi
Kochi, Kochi

is the capital cities of Japan of Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku island of Japan.Kochi is the main city of the prefecture with over 40% of its population....
 was established and remains the main city to this day. During the Edo period the province was controlled by the Tosa Domain
Tosa Domain

The was a feudal domain in Tosa Province of Japan during the Edo period. Its official name is . Some from the domain played important roles in events in the late Tokugawa shogunate....
.

Sakamoto Ryoma
Sakamoto Ryoma

';' was a leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu during the Bakumatsu period in Japan. Ryoma used the alias as a cover name during his work as a loyalist in the creation of a modern government....
 of the Bakumatsu era was born in Tosa.