Hyūga Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hyūga" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 365. It was sometimes called  or . 

Hyūga had borders with Bungo, Higo, Ōsumi, and Satsuma  Province.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Saito.

History
In Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, Hyūga is called  in Tsukushi-no-shima, with Tsukushi, Toyo and Hi Province.

In 713 (Wadō 6, 3rd month), the province of Hyūga was separated from Ōsumi.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64.

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

Shrines and Temples
Tsuno jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Hyūga."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:Miyazaki Prefecture