, or , was a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
Japan in the part of
Honshū
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island ...
that is today
Wakayama Prefecture, as well as the southern part of
Mie Prefecture.
[ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kii''" in .] Kii bordered
Ise,
Izumi
, meaning "spring" or "fountain", is a Japanese given name and surname. While a unisex name, it is more commonly used by women. It can alternately be written as , , , or . People with the name include:
As given name
* , actress
* , stage name Mi ...
,
Kawachi,
Shima, and
Yamato Provinces. The
Kii Peninsula
The is the largest peninsula on the island of Honshū in Japan. It is named after the ancient Kii Province.
Overview
The area south of the “ Central Tectonic Line” is called , and is home to reef-like coral communities which are amongst ...
takes its name from this province.
During the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...
, the
Kii branch of the
Tokugawa clan had its castle at
Wakayama. Its former
ichinomiya shrine was
Hinokuma Shrine.
The Japanese bookshop chain
Kinokuniya derives its name from the province.
Historical districts
*
Wakayama Prefecture
**
Ama District (海部郡) - merged with Nagusa District to become
Kaisō District (海草郡) on April 1, 1896
**
Arida District (有田郡)
**
Hidaka District (日高郡)
**
Ito District
is a district located in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
As of September 1, 2008, the district has an estimated population of 28,171 and a density of 84.6 persons/km2. The total area is 332.93 km2.
Towns and villages
* Katsuragi
* Kōya
* ...
(伊都郡)
**
Naga District (那賀郡) - dissolved
**
Nagusa District (名草郡) - merged with Ama District to become Kaisō District on April 1, 1896
* Mixed
**
Muro District
was a district located at Kii Province.
Muro District was the largest district located at the southwestern Kii Peninsula and covered half of Kii Province, but in 1879, the district split off into Kitamuro and Minamimuro Districts in Mie Pre ...
(牟婁郡)
***
Higashimuro District (東牟婁郡) - part of Wakayama Prefecture
***
Kitamuro District (北牟婁郡) - part of Mie Prefecture
***
Minamimuro District (南牟婁郡) - part of Mie Prefecture
***
Nishimuro District (西牟婁郡) - part of Wakayama Prefecture
Notes
References
*
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press
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.
OCLC 58053128
External links
Former provinces of Japan
History of Mie Prefecture
History of Wakayama Prefecture
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