Yamashiro Province

was a old province of Japan in the area of Kyoto Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Yamashiro" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1045.

Kyoto is in the former Yamashiro Province.   

History
In 794, the capital of Japan was in Yamashiro.  It remained in the province until the Imperial court moved to Tokyo in the 1870s.

During the Muromachi Period, the administrative seat of the Ashikaga Shogunate was in this province. 

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

Shrines and Temples
The Kamo Shrines were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Yamashiro.  These are the Kamigamo Shrine and the Shimogamo Shrine."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-18.

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:Kyoto Prefecture