Yamashiro Province

The Yamashiro Province (Japanese山城 国, Yamashiro no kuni ) was an old province of Japan. The area is now part of the southern part of Kyoto prefecture on the island of Honshu.

After Gokishichidō graduation she was one of the interior provinces ( Kinai ). 794 was Heian - kyō, present-day Kyoto, the seat of the imperial court and in the Muromachi period, the seat of the Ashikaga shogunate.

For the meaning of the name, see etymology of the Japanese castle.

Yamashiro bordered by the provinces of Wakasa, Ōmi, Iga, Yamato, Kawachi, Settsu and Tamba

Wakasa Province Iga Province Yamato Province Settsu Province Tamba Province Aki Province Awa Province (Tokushima) Awaji Province Bingo Province Bizen Province Bungo Province Buzen Province Chikugo Province Chikuzen Province Ugo Province Uzen Province Echizen Province Hida Province Higo Province Hitachi Province Hizen Province Inaba Province Ise Province Iwaki Province (718) Iwami Province Iwase Province Iyo Province Izu Province Kaga Province Kii Province Mikawa Province Mimasaka Province Musashi Province Rikuzen Province Nagato Province Noto Province Oki Province Tane Province Owari Province Sado Province Sagami Province Sanuki Province Satsuma Province Shima Province Shinano Province Suwa Province Suruga Province Tajima Province Tosa Province Tsushima Province Yoshino Province Hidaka Province Iburi Province Ishikari Province Kitami Province Kushiro Province Nemuro Province Oshima Province Shiribeshi Province Teshio Province Tokachi Province Koshi Province
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