page_title: Oki Province
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Oki Province / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Oki Takuhinoyashiro of the Famous Scenes of the Sixty States. 日本語: 『六十余州名所図会 隠岐 焚火の社』
context_page_description: Oki Province was an island province of Japan in the area of Shimane Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called Onshū or Inshū.
  The province was the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan. The islands are near the provinces of Izumo and Hōki.
  The capital city of the province was near Saigō.
context_section_description: In 1221, Emperor Go-Toba was exiled to Oki.
  In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Oki Province were reformed in the 1870s.
caption: View of Oki Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853
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