Nagato Province

, often called , was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Nagato" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 684. 

The province had borders with Iwami and Suō Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Shimonoseki.

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

The Japanese battleship Nagato was named after this province.Nussbaum, "Nagato" at p. 684.

Shrines and Temples

Sumiyoshi Shrine was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Nagato.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; 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:Yamaguchi Prefecture