Tosa Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tosa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 988.  It was sometimes called  .

The province had borders with Iyo and Awa Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near modern Nankoku. 

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

Geography
Tosa faced the Pacific Ocean.

Shrines and Temples
Tosa jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Tosa.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; 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:Kōchi Prefecture