Kaga Province

was an old province in the area of Ishikawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kaga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 445.  It was sometimes called .

History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Kaga Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Shrines and Temples
Shirayamahime jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kaga.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 . Retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Ishikawa Prefecture
Category:820s establishments
Category:9th-century establishments in Japan
Category:1870s disestablishments in Japan