Shima Province
Appearance
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Provinces_of_Japan-Shima.svg/220px-Provinces_of_Japan-Shima.svg.png)
Shima (志摩国, Shima-no kuni) or Shishū (志州) was a old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture.[1]
History[change | change source]
![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hiroshige_Hiyoriyama_Tobaminato.jpg/220px-Hiroshige_Hiyoriyama_Tobaminato.jpg)
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Izu Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Izawanomiya jinja and Izawa jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Hōki.[3]
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 857. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Louis-Frédéric (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 780. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-20.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Shima Province at Wikimedia Commons