Harima Province

Harima Province (播磨国, Harima no kuni) or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture.^[1] Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.

During the Edo period of Japanese history, the Akō Domain (fief) was part of Harima. The Forty-seven rōnin were samurai of Akō han. IHI Corporation, a shipbuilder and major Boeing engine subcontractor gets its name from the province.

History

Harima Province was established in 7th century. During the Meiji Restoration, Himeji Prefecture was established with the whole area of Harima Province as the territory. Himeji Prefecture was renamed to Shikama prefecture, and Shikama Prefecture was transferred to Hyōgo Prefecture finally.

Temples and shrines

Iwa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Harima.^[2]

Historical districts

Hyōgo Prefecture
- Akashi District (明石郡) - dissolved
- Akō District (赤穂郡)
- Innan District (印南郡) - dissolved
- Issai District (揖西郡) - merged with Ittō District to become Ibo District (揖保郡) on April 1, 1896
- Ittō District (揖東郡) - merged with Issai District to become Ibo District on April 1, 1896
- Jinsai District (神西郡) - merged with Jintō District to become Kanzaki District (神崎郡) on April 1, 1896
- Jintō District (神東郡) - merged with Jinsai District to become Kanzaki District on April 1, 1896
- Kako District (加古郡)
- Kamo District (賀茂郡)
  - Kasai District (加西郡) - dissolved
  - Katō District (加東郡) - dissolved
- Mino District (美嚢郡) - dissolved
- Sayō District (佐用郡)
- Shikisai District (飾西郡) - merged with Shikitō District to become Shikama District (飾磨郡) on April 1, 1896
- Shikitō District (飾東郡) - merged with Shikisai District to become Shikama District on April 1, 1896
- Shisō District (宍粟郡) - dissolved
- Taka District (多可郡)

Notes

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Harima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 290, p. 290, at Google Books.
^ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-20.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

External links

Media related to Harima Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Harima" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 290, p. 290, at Google Books.

[2] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3; retrieved 2012-11-20.

v t e Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 Ugo 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."