Satsuma Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). Satsuma" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 829. Its abbreviation is Sasshū (薩州).  

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

Shrines and Temples
Hirasaki jinja and Nitta Hachiman-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Satsuma."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
 Satsuma Seamount

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Kagoshima Prefecture