Aki
安藝國 | |
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Province | |
 Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Aki Province highlighted | |
| Country | Japan |
| Island | Honshū |
| Region | Chūgoku |
| Aki Province | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kana | あきのくに | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 安藝國 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 安芸国 | ||||
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| Aki Province | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kana | げいしゅう | ||||
| Kyūjitai | 藝州 | ||||
| Shinjitai | 芸州 | ||||
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Aki Province (安藝國/安芸国, Aki no kuni) or Geishū (藝州/芸州) was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture.[1]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Aki no kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 18, p. 18, at Google Books.