Hida Province

is an old province of Japan in the area of Gifu Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hida" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 307. It was sometimes called . 

History
In the late 1580s, Kanamori Nagachika occupied Hida Province.Schell, Scott. (1999).  The Rousing Drum: Ritual Practice in a Japanese Community, p. 48.  Kanamori's heirs held the province through the Edo Period when it came under direct rule by the Tokugawa shogunate.Inumaru, Tadashi. (1992). The Traditional Crafts of Japan: Lacquerware, p. 126.

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

Shrines and Temples
Hidaichinomiya-Minashi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Hida.  
"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:Gifu Prefecture