Awa Province (Tokushima)

Awa Province on Honshū sounds like it has the same name, but it is written with different kanji (安房国). was an old province of Japan in the area of Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62. It was sometimes called .  

Awa had borders with Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. 

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

Shrines and Temples
Ōasahiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Awa.  
"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:Tokushima Prefecture