Awa Province (Tokushima)

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province (Tokushima) highlighted

Awa Province (阿波国, Awa-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.[1] [2] Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Ashū (阿州). In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Awa was one of the provinces of the Nankaidō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Awa was ranked as one of the 35 "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the "middle countries" (中国) in terms of distance from the capital. The provincial capital was located in what is now the city of Tokushima.

Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Awa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Naruto whirlpools
  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 411, p. 411, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62, p. 62, at Google Books.