Mino Province

Mino Province (美濃国, Mino no kuni), one of the List of Provinces of Japan, encompassed part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1] It was sometimes called Nōshū (濃州).^[2]

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Mino Province highlighted

Mino had borders with Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Tarui. The main castle town was at Gifu.

History

Waterfall in Mino Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1856

In 713, the road crossing through Mino and Shinano provinces was widened to accommodate increasing numbers of travelers.^[3]

In 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara took place at the western edge of Mino, near the mountains between the Chūbu region and the Kinki region.

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Mino Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[4]

Shrines and Temples

Shitori jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mino. ^[5]

Related pages

• Provinces of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• List of regions of Japan
• List of islands of Japan

References

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mino" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 638.
2. Murdoch, James. (1903). A History of Japan, Vol. 3. p. 794.
3. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
4. Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
5. "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.

Other websites

Media related to Mino Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903