Suō Province

Coordinates: 34°03′28″N 131°35′11″E / 34.05778°N 131.58639°E / 34.05778; 131.58639
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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Suō Province highlighted

Suō Province (周防国, Suō no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture.[1] Suō bordered on Aki, Iwami, and Nagato Provinces.

Its abbreviated form name was Bōshū (防州). In terms of the

Hōfu, Yamaguchi. The ichinomiya of the province is the Tamanooya Shrine also located in Hōfu. [2]

Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Suo" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Kintai Bridge

History

Before the establishment of the

Tang Dynasty China and the Kingdom of Silla in Korea. Wooden tally strips bearing the name of 'Suho Province', 'Shuyō Province' and 'Suō Province' have been found at the ruins of Fujiwara-kyō and Heijō-kyō and the names were used interchangeably in Nara period records, such as the Nihon Shoki
.

During the

Ato Town), and a portion of Ube
.


Bakumatsu period domains
Name Clan Type kokudaka
Chōshū Mōri clan Tozama 369,000 koku
Tokuyama Mōri clan Tozama 40,000 koku
Iwakuni Kikkawa clan Tozama 60,000 koku

Meiji period

Following the

Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō (旧高旧領取調帳), an official government assessment of the nation’s resources, the province had 295 villages with a total kokudaka of 548,861 koku
.

Districts of Suō Province
District kokudaka Controlled by at present Currently
Ōshima (大島郡) 35,446 koku 21 villages: Chōshū, Iwakuni Suō-Ōshima
Kuga (玖珂郡) 119,966 koku 112 villages: Chōshū, Iwakuni Iwakuni, Waki
Kumage (熊毛郡) 87,846 koku 39 villages: Chōshū, Tokuyama Hikari, Kaminoseki, Tabuse, Hirano, parts of Shūnan, Yanai
Tsuno (都濃郡) 103,817 koku 47 villages: Chōshū, Tokuyama dissolved Kudamatsu, most of Shūnan
Saba (佐波郡) 90,192 koku 41 villages: Chōshū, Tokuyama dissolved most of Hofu, part of Yamaguchi, Shūnan
Yoshiki (吉敷郡) 111,591 koku 35 villages: Chōshū dissolved most of Yamaguchi, part of Hōfu, Ube

Gallery

Notes

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Suō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 916, p. 916, at Google Books
    .
  2. ^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2012-11-20.
  3. ^ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

References

External links

Media related to Suo Province at Wikimedia Commons


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