Settsu Province

was a old province of Japan in the area of Hyōgo Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Settsu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 846. 

The ancient capital city of the province was Osaka.

History
Kubo Shunman, 1787
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  Maps of Japan and Settsu Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Shrines and Temples
Sumiyoshi taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Settsu."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:Osaka Prefecture