Oki Province

was an island province of Japan in the area of Shimane Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Oki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 746. It was sometimes called . 

The province was the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan.  The islands are near the provinces of Izumo and Hōki. 

The capital city of the province was near Saigō.

History

In 1221, Emperor Go-Toba was exiled to Oki.Mason, R.H.P. and J.G. Caiger. (1972). A History of Japan, p. 105.

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

Shrines and Temples
Mizuwakasu jinja and Yurahime jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Oki.  
"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
Category:Oki Province