Bungo Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Bungo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 90.  Along with Buzen Province, it was sometimes called . 

Bungo had borders with Buzen, Hyūga, Higo, Chikugo, and Chikuzen Provinces. 

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

Shrines and temples
Sasamuta-jinja and Yusuhara Hachiman-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Bungo."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; retrieved 2012-1-18.

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

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Ōita Prefecture