Awa Province (Chiba)

Awa Province
安房国
Province of Japan
8th century–1871

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province(Chiba) highlighted
CapitalMinamibōsō
History 
• Established
8th century
• Disestablished
1871
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kazusa Province
Chiba Prefecture
Today part ofChiba Prefecture

Awa Province (安房国, Awa-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture.[1] It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Bōshū (房州) or Anshū (安州). Awa Province in Shikoku phonetically has the same name, but is written with different kanji (阿波国). Awa is classified as one of the provinces of the Tōkaidō.[1] Under the Engishiki classification system, Awa was ranked as a "middle country" (中国) and a "far country" (遠国).

Hiroshige ukiyo-e, showing a harbor of Awa Province, specifically the then village of Kominato
  1. ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62, p. 62, at Google Books.