Yoshino Province

, also known as Washū, was an old province of Japan in the area of Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. (1999).  Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 122.  The history of the province started in 716 and ended in 738.

History
The province was established when Yoshino District was separated from Yamato Province. 

Yoshino Province was abolished sometime after 738. It was reformed as part of Yamato Province.

The Buddhist temple of Hisosan-ji was established in the province.Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972).  Kūkai: Major Works, p. 22; Royall Tyler,  "Kōfuku-ji and Shugendo," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2/3, (June-September 1989), p. 149; retrieved 2012-2-1.

Yoshino was known for locally produced varnishes called lacquer. Cups and bowls and other lacquer ware (Yoshino nuri) were typically black and red.Quin, J.J. (1881).  "The Lacquer Industry of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 9, p. 14.  Yoshino lacquer (Yoshino urushi) was evaluated as superior.Conn William. (1886).  Japanese life, love, and legend: A visit to the Empire of the "Rising Sun," p. 170; "How Japanese Lacquerware is Made," The Furniture Gazette, Vol. XVIII (1882), p. 200.

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
  Daimyo-issued banknote from Yamato-Washu Province, 1744-1748 

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Nara Prefecture
Category:710s establishments in Japan
Category:8th-century disestablishments in Japan