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Map of Japanese provinces (
1868
) with Nagato Province highlighted
Nagato Province
(
長門?
,
Nagato no kuni
)
, often called
Ch?sh?
(
長州
)
, was an
old province
of
Japan
in the area of
Yamaguchi Prefecture
on the island of
Honsh?
.
[1]
The province had
borders
with
Iwami
and
Su?
Provinces.
The ancient
capital city
of the province was
Shimonoseki
.
Coast of Nagato Province
In the
Meiji period
, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Nagato Province were
reformed
in the 1870s.
[2]
The Japanese battleship
Nagato
was named after this province.
[3]
Sumiyoshi jinja
was the chief
Shinto shrine
(
ichinomiya
) of Nagato.
[4]
Media related to
Nagato Province
at Wikimedia Commons
