Tsushima Province

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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Tsushima Province highlighted

The province was the Tsushima Islands, which is today part of Nagasaki Prefecture.

The capital city of the province was located at Izuhara.

History

View of Tsushima Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Tsushima Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[2]

Shrines and Temples

Kaijin jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tsushima. ^[3]

Related pages

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