province of Japan, now part of Chiba Prefecture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Awa Province (安房国, Awa-no kuni)[1] was an old province of Japan in the area of Chiba Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[2] It is also known as Bōshū (房州) or Anshū (安州).
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The province was on the tip of the Boso Peninsula (房総半島).
Awa Province was created during the reign of Empress Genshō.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Awa Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
Awa jinja[5] was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Awa. [6]
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