Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Bitchū Province highlighted
The ancient capital and temples were built around Sōja. For much of the Muromachi Period, the province was dominated by the Hosokawa clan, who resided in Shikoku and allowed the province a degree of independence. By the Sengoku Period, other clans fought over Bitchu, and Oda Nobunaga and Mōri Terumoto were fighting in the province when Oda died, leading to a division of the province. After 1600, the province was divided among a variety of han (fiefs), and included a number of castles. By the time the provinces were reorganized into prefectures, the dominant city was the port, Kurashiki.
bitchū, province, 備中国, bicchū, kuni, province, japan, inland, side, western, honshū, what, today, western, okayama, prefecture, sometimes, called, bishū, 備州, with, bizen, bingo, provinces, those, three, provinces, were, settled, late, century, dividing, former. Bitchu Province 備中国 Bicchu no kuni was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshu in what is today western Okayama Prefecture 1 It was sometimes called Bishu 備州 with Bizen and Bingo Provinces those three provinces were settled in the late 7th Century dividing former Kibi Province Bitchu bordered Hōki Mimasaka Bizen and Bingo Provinces Map of Japanese provinces 1868 with Bitchu Province highlighted The ancient capital and temples were built around Sōja For much of the Muromachi Period the province was dominated by the Hosokawa clan who resided in Shikoku and allowed the province a degree of independence By the Sengoku Period other clans fought over Bitchu and Oda Nobunaga and Mōri Terumoto were fighting in the province when Oda died leading to a division of the province After 1600 the province was divided among a variety of han fiefs and included a number of castles By the time the provinces were reorganized into prefectures the dominant city was the port Kurashiki Contents 1 Shrines and temples 2 Historical districts 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksShrines and temples editKibitsu jinja was the chief Shinto shrine ichinomiya of Bitchu 2 Historical districts editOkayama Prefecture Aga District 阿賀郡 merged with Tetta District to become Atetsu District 阿哲郡 on April 1 1900 Asakuchi District 浅口郡 Jōbō District 上房郡 dissolved Kawakami District 川上郡 dissolved Kayō District 賀陽郡 merged with Shimotsu District to become Kibi District 吉備郡 on April 1 1900 Kuboya District 窪屋郡 merged with Tsuu District to become Tsukubo District 都窪郡 on April 1 1900 Oda District 小田郡 Shimotsu District 下道郡 merged with Kayō District to become Kibi District on April 1 1900 Shitsuki District 後月郡 dissolved Tetta District 哲多郡 merged with Aga District to become Atetsu District on April 1 1900 Tsuu District 都宇郡 merged with Kuboya District to become Tsukubo District on April 1 1900Notes edit Nussbaum Louis Frederic 2005 Bitchu in Japan Encyclopedia p 77 p 77 at Google Books Nationwide List of Ichinomiya p 3 Archived 2013 05 17 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012 11 20 References editNussbaum Louis Frederic and Kathe Roth 2005 Japan encyclopedia Cambridge Harvard University Press ISBN 978 0 674 01753 5 OCLC 58053128External links edit nbsp Media related to Bitchu Province at Wikimedia Commons Bitchu Province at JapaneseCastleExplorer com Murdoch s map of provinces 1903 nbsp This Okayama Prefecture location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bitchu Province amp oldid 1223695855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
