Aki Province

or Geishū (芸州) was an old province in the area of Hiroshima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA18 no kuni"] in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 18.</ref>

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

Shrines and Temples

Itsukushima Shrine was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya'') of Aki.  
"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

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Hiroshima Prefecture
Category:Aki Province