Tōsandō
Tōsandō (東山道, literally, "eastern mountain province, region, district") was an old Japanese geographical region that made up the gokishichidō system and was situated along the central mountains of northern Honshu,[1] Tōhoku region.
This term also refers to a series of roads that connected the capitals (国府, kokufu) of each of the provinces that made up the region.
The Tōsandō region encompasses eight ancient provinces.[2]
- Ōmi Province
- Mino Province
- Hida Province
- Shinano Province
- Kōzuke Province
- Shimotsuke Province
- Mutsu Province[3]
- Dewa Province
After 711, Tōsandō was understood to include Musashi province.[4]
See also
- Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan
- Nakasendō (post-Sekigahara Tōsandō)
Notes
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57., p. 57, at Google Books
- ^ Titsingh, p.57 n1., p. 57, at Google Books
- ^ After 718, Mutsu was subdivided to include Iwaki Province and Iwase Province.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōsandō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 988, p. 988, at Google Books.
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
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691