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Map of Japanese provinces (
1868
) with Satsuma Province highlighted
Satsuma Province
(
薩摩?
,
Satsuma-no Kuni
)
was an
old province
of
Japan
in the area of
Kagoshima Prefecture
on the island of
Ky?sh?
.
[1]
Its abbreviation is Sassh? (薩州).
In the
Meiji period
, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Satsuma Province were
reformed
in the 1870s.
[2]
Nitta Shrine
Hirasaki jinja
and
Nitta Hachiman-g?
were the chief
Shinto shrines
(
ichinomiya
) of Satsuma.
[3]
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