Owari Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Owari" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 767. including much of modern Nagoya. It is also known as Bishū (尾州).

The ancient capital of Owari was near Inazawa
History
The province was created in 646.

In the Sengoku period, Oda Nobunaga held Kiyosu Castle.Kiyosu City website, "Kiyosu Castle" ; retrieved 2012-1-19.

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 Owari.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō"  at p. 973.

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

Geography
Owari and Mino provinces were separated by the Sakai River.

Shrines and Temples
Masumida jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Owari. 
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-19.

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:Aichi Prefecture