Iga Province
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Iga Province (伊賀国, Iga no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Ishū (伊州).
The province had borders with Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.
The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.[2]
History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Iga Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Geography
Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.
Shrines and Temples
Aekuni jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iga.[4]
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