Suwa Province

Location of Suwa Province (721)

Suwa Prefecture (諏方国, Suwa no kuni) is an old province in the area of Nagano Prefecture.

It was located in the Tōsandō region of central Honshu. According to the old history book Shoku Nihongi, it was established on June 26 of 721 and abolished on March 3 of 731 (old Japanese calendar's date). Neither the location of the capital nor the exact border with Shinano is known.

Historical districts

Suwa Province consisted of three districts (originally two):

• Nagano Prefecture
  • Ina District (伊那郡): split to become Kamiina and Shimoina Districts
  • Suwa District (諏訪郡)

Gallery

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  Geyser in Kamisuwa (上諏訪), Nagano Prefecture

See also

• Lake Suwa
• Suwa taisha
• Suwa, Nagano

References

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

Other websites

Media related to Suwa Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903