Ise Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of modern Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Ise" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 395.  

The province had borders with Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato.

When the province was created in 646, its capital city was Uji-Yamada.Schelliner, Paul E. et al. (1996).  International Dictionary of Historic Places, Vol. 5, p. 376. 

History
Before Nara period, Ise Shrine, the holiest Shinto shrine was established in this province and here is introduced by a word Kamukaze in  waka rhetorics in the Nara period. In the Edo period, the Tōkaidō road was the main route between the Imperial capital at Kyoto and the main city of the Tokugawa Shogunate.  The road passed through Ise.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  at p. 973.

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

The World War II Japanese battleship Ise was named after this province.

Temples and Shrines
Tsubakiōkamiyashiro (Tusbaki jinja/Nakato jinja) was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; 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:Mie Prefecture