Ōsumi Province
Ōsumi Province (大隅国, Ōsumi no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] It was sometimes called Gūshū (隅州).
Ōsumi had borders with Hyūga and Satsuma Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Kokubu.
History
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In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), the land of Ōsumi Province was separated from Hyūga.[2]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Ōsumi Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]
Japan's first satellite was named Ōsumi. It was launched February 11, 1970.[4]
Shrines and Temples
[change | change source]Kagoshima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Ōsumi. [5]
Related pages
[change | change source]- Provinces of Japan
- Prefectures of Japan
- List of regions of Japan
- List of islands of Japan
- Osumi Seamount
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōsumi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 762.
- ↑ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Turnill, Reginald. (1986). Jane's Spaceflight Directory, p. 20; Nussbaum, "Ōsumi" at p. 762.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websites
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Media related to Osumi Province at Wikimedia Commons
