Kii Province

province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of Mie Prefecture From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kii Province

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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kii Province highlighted

Kii had borders with Ise, Izumi, Kawachi, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.

History

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View of Kii Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 19th century

During the Edo period, the Kii branch of the Tokugawa clan[2] held the castle at Wakayama.

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kii Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]

Shrines and Temples

Hinokuma-Kunikakasu jinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kii. [4]

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