Iga Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Iga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 373. It was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro.

The capital city of the province was Ueno, also called Iga-Ueno.Turnbull, Stephen R. (2008).  The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, p. 125.

History

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

Geography
Iga is a small mountain ringed basin (the Ueno basin) in the center of the Kansai region.

Shrines and Temples
Aekuni jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iga."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:Mie Prefecture