Aki Province

Aki (Japanese安芸国Aki no kuni ) or Geishu (芸 州) was a province of Japan in the region of western Honshu Chugoku. It comprised the western part of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.

When Emperor Shōmu moved to set up two official stamp for each province ordered (one for male Buddhist priests, one for nuns ) two temples were also established in this province. The province Temple ( kokubunji ) was built in Higashihiroshima today.

Since the late Heian period (12th century), the province of the Itsukushima Shrine was known. Taira no Kiyomori donated a new building complex and Sutrenrollen.

Itsukushima ( Miyajima ) had a good seaport and strategic importance.

In the Sengoku period, the city the seat of the Mōri clan was until 1600. 1555 won the Battle of Itsukushima Mōri Motonari against Sue Harutaka and established his power in the western part of Honshu.

Mōri Terumoto, one of the members of the Council of the Five regent, the Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed for his son, stood before the Battle of Sekigahara on the side of Ishida Mitsunari and lost Aki and many other dominions.

After a brief reign of Fukushima Masanori 1619 Nagaakira Asano was appointed as the daimyo of Hiroshima - with an income of 420,000 koku of rice. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Asano ruled almost the whole province.

The dominion of the daimyo was renamed in 1871 in Hiroshima Prefecture, from which, after some regrouping today's prefecture was established.

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Aki · Awa ( Kantō ) · Awa ( Shikoku ) · Awaji · Bingo · Bitchū Bizen · · · Bungo Buzen Chikugo · · · Chikuzen Dewa · ( Ugo · Uzen 1869-1872 ) · Echigo Echizen · · · Etchu Harima · · Hida Higo · Hitachi · Hizen Hoki · · · Hyūga Iga · Iki · Inaba Ise · · Iwaki ( 718-724 ) · · Iwami Iwase ( 718-724 ) · · Iyo Izu · Izumi Izumo · · Kaga · Kai · Kawachi · · Kazusa Kii · Kozuke Mikawa · · · Mimasaka Mino · Musashi · Mutsu · ( Iwaki Iwashiro · · · Rikuchu Rikuo · Rikuzen 1869-1872 ) · Nagato Noto · · · Oki Ōmi Ōsumi · · ( Tane 702-824 ) · · Ryukyu Owari (1872 -1879 ) Sado · · · Sagami Sanuki Satsuma · · · Settsu Shima · · Shimousa Shimotsuke · Shinano · ( Suwa 721-731 ) · · Suo Suruga Tajima · · · Tango · Tamba Tosa · Tōtōmi · · Tsushima Wakasa · · Yamashiro Yamato · ( Yoshino 716-738 )

Chishima Hidaka · · · Iburi Ishikari Kitami · · · Kushiro Nemuro Oshima · · · Shiribeshi Teshio · Tokachi

Fusa · Hi · Keno · Kibi · · Koshi Kumaso (?) · · Toyo Tsukushi

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