page_title: List of Provinces of Japan
section_title: Related pages
hierarchical_section_title: List of Provinces of Japan / Related pages
caption_attribution_description: English: A large-format Edo Period Japanese woodblock map of Musashi Province dating to 1858. Musashi (武蔵国, Musashi no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Tokyo Prefecture, most of Saitama Prefecture and part of Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki and Yokohama. Musashi bordered on Kai, Kozuke, Sagami, Shimosa, and Shimotsuke Provinces. Musashi was the largest province in the Kanto region. It had its ancient capital in modern Fuchu, Tokyo and its provincial temple in what is now Kokubunji, Tokyo. By the Sengoku period, the main city was Edo, which became the dominant city of eastern Japan. Edo Castle was the headquarters of Tokugawa Ieyasu before the Battle of Sekigahara and became the dominant city of Japan during the Edo period, being renamed Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration. Printed in the traditional Japanese style popular during the Edo Period, with topograpy shown in profile, no firm directional orientation, and map titles in cartouches.
context_page_description: The List of Provinces of Japan changed over time. The number and borders of provinces evolved from the 7th century through the Meiji Period. In the 1870s, the provinces were replaced by prefectures.
  The traditional way of parsing the land of Japan was "five provinces and seven circuits".
context_section_description: Provinces of Japan
  Prefectures of Japan
caption: 1856 map of Musashi Province
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