Kawachi Province

was a old province of Japan in the area of Osaka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Kawachi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 496. 

History
Kawachi province was established in the 7th century. In the 8th century, Izumi was separated from the older province during the reign of Empress Genshō.Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean  (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and  Shinano 

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

Shrines and Temples
Hiraoka jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kawachi. 
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-17. The shrine is located in Higashiōsaka.

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:Osaka Prefecture