Wakasa Province

Wakasa Province
若狭国
pre-Meiji period Japan
701–1871

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Wakasa Province highlighted
CapitalObama
Area
 • Coordinates36°30′N 135°45′E / 36.500°N 135.750°E / 36.500; 135.750
History 
• Ritsuryō system
701
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofFukui Prefecture
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Wakasa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting fishing in Wakasa Bay

Wakasa Province (若狭国, Wakasa-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the southwestern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.[1] Wakasa bordered on Echizen, Ōmi, Tanba, Tango, and Yamashiro Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was Jakushū (若州). Under the Engishiki classification system, Wakasa was ranked as a "medium country" (中国) and a near country (近国) in terms of its importance and distance from the capital.