Awa Province (Tokushima)

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

Awa Province (阿波国, Awa-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州) .

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

External links

Media related to Awa Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903