Mikawa Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mikawa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 629.  It was also known as . 

Mikawa had borders with Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces.

History
In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between the Imperial capital at Kyoto and the main city of the Tokugawa Shogunate.  The road passed through Mikawa.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  at p. 973.

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

Shrines and Temples
Toga jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Mikawa.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-19.

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:Aichi Prefecture]