Iwami Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Shimane Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwami" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408. It was sometimes called . The province had borders with Aki, Bingo, Izumo, Nagato, and Suō provinces. In the Heian period, the capital city of the province was Hamada. 

History
In the Edo period, silver was discovered and mined.  The  was added to the World Heritage List in 2007.United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),  Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine; retrieved 2011-1-20.

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

Shrines and Temples
Mononobe jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Iwami.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 ; 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:Shimane Prefecture