Kai Province

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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kai Province highlighted

Kai Province (甲斐国, Kai-no-kuni) was a

Honshū, west of Tokyo, in a landlocked mountainous region that includes Mount Fuji along its border with modern Shizuoka Prefecture
.

Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kai" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Saruhashi, a bridge in what is now Ōtsuki, Yamanashi.

History

Kai was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the

Fuefuki. Under the Engishiki classification system, Kai was ranked as a "superior country" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the 16 "middle countries" (中国) in terms of distance from the capital. Although not directly on the Tōkaidō
, it was also included as one of the Tōkaidō provinces.

Numerous remains from the

Odawara. However, after the destruction of the Go-Hōjō by Toyotomi Hideyoshi
in 1590, the province was ruled by a succession of Toyotomi loyalists.

With the establishment of the

tenryō territory ruled directly by the shogunate through a succession of hatamoto-class daikan
.

After the

Kōfu Prefecture in 1869. With the abolition of the han system in 1871, it was renamed Yamanashi Prefecture
.

Historical districts

Kai Province consisted of nine districts (originally consisted of traditionally four):

Highways

  • Nakasendō – connecting Edo with Kyoto
  • Shimosuwa
    on the Nakasendo

See also

References

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kai"
    in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 448.

External links

Media related to Kai Province at Wikimedia Commons

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