Bizen Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bizen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 78.  Along with Bitchū and Bingo Provinces, it was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Mimasaka, Harima, and Bitchū Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Okayama.

History
In 713 (Wadō era 6, 3rd month), the land of Bizen-no kuni was separated from Mimasaka Province (美作国).Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)    Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.

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

Shrines and Temples
Kitbitsuhiko jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bizen.  
"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:Okayama Prefecture
Category:710s establishments in Japan
Category:Disestablishment time missing or unknown
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