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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Shim?sa Province highlighted
Shim?sa Province
(
下??
,
Shim?sa no Kuni
)
was an
old province
of
Japan
in the area of
Chiba Prefecture
and
Ibaraki Prefecture
on the island of
Honsh?
.
[1]
It was also known as
S?sh?
(
?州
)
or
Hokus?
(
北?
)
.
The province had
borders
with
Kazusa Province
to the south,
Musashi
and
K?zuke Provinces
to the west, and
Hitachi
and
Shimotsuke Provinces
to the north.
View of Shim?sa Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1856-1858
Shim?sa was part of a larger territory known as
Fusa Province
(
?? or ??
,
Fusa-no-kuni
)
. Fusa which was divided into Kazusa and Shim?sa during the reign of
Emperor K?toku
(645-654).
In the
Meiji period
, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Shim?sa Province were
reformed
in the 1870s.
[2]
Katori jinja
was the chief
Shinto shrine
(
ichinomiya
) of Shim?sa.
[3]
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