Sanuki Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Sanuki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 823. It was sometimes called .

The province had borders with Awa and Iyo Provinces. 

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

Geography 
Sanuki faced the Seto Inland Sea.

Shrines and Temples
Tamura jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Sanuki.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Gallery

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:Kagawa Prefecture