Aki Province
Aki
安藝國 | |
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Province | |
 Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Aki Province highlighted | |
| Country | Japan |
| Island | Honshū |
| Region | Chūgoku |
| Aki Province | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kana | あきのくに | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 安藝國 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 安芸国 | ||||
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| Aki Province | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kana | げいしゅう | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 藝州 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 芸州 | ||||
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Aki Province (安藝國/安芸国, Aki no kuni) or Geishū (藝州/芸州) was a
History
When
In the late
In the
Mōri Terumoto, one of the Council of Five Elders Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed for his son Hideyori, sided with Ishida Mitsunari before the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and lost Aki and many of his other domains.
After a short rule by Fukushima Masanori, in 1619, Asano Nagaakira was appointed as the daimyō of Hiroshima Domain with 420,000 koku. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Asano governed almost all the province.
Aki Province was abolished in 1871, and renamed to Hiroshima Prefecture. After some mergers the current area of Hiroshima Prefecture was established.
Shrines and temples
Historical districts
- Hiroshima Prefecture
- Aki District (安藝郡/安芸郡)
- Kamo District (賀茂郡) - dissolved
- Numata District (沼田郡) - merged with Takamiya District to become Asa District (安佐郡) on October 1, 1898
- Saeki District (佐伯郡) - dissolved
- Takamiya District (高宮郡) - merged with Numata District to become Asa District on October 1, 1898
- Takata District (高田郡) - dissolved
- Toyota District (豐田郡/豊田郡)
- Yamagata District (山縣郡/山県郡)
Notes
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Aki no kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 18, p. 18, at Google Books.
- ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-11-20.
References
External links
Media related to Aki Province at Wikimedia Commons
