Musashi Province

Musashi (Japanese武 蔵 国, Musashi no kuni ) or sino japanese bushu (武 州) was an old province of Japan. Musashi is now occupied by the prefectures Tōkyō and Saitama, a small corner fell to the Kanagawa Prefecture, mainly Kawasaki and Yokohama cities. Musashi bordered on Kai Provinces, Kozuke, Sagami, Shimousa, Shimotsuke and Shinano.

Musashi was the largest province of the Kanto region. She had her old capital ( Kokufu ) in modern Fuchū ( an alternative name for a provincial capital ) to Tokyo, the provincial temples ( kokubunji ) was at today's same-named town.

1590 replaced Tokugawa Ieyasu, the area around the Tokyo Bay against his old, located further west territories and began strategically located Edo with its castle build. Edo was then his headquarters before the battle of Sekigahara, and Edo was named after the Edo period, the dominant city in Japan. After the Meiji Restoration, Edo seat of Tennō and was renamed Tokyo.

Musashi has in the name Tōbu (东 武, " East Musashi " ) and Seibu (西武, " west Musashi " ) survived, namely, in the name of the private railway companies Tōbu tetsudō or Seibu tetsudō. The name of the sobu Main Line (総 武 本 线) points out that these are the province Shimousa or Soshu (総 州) connects with Musashi.

35.806111111111139.40916666667Koordinaten: 36 ° N, 139 ° E

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

  • Japanese province
Kawasaki (Kanagawa) Sagami Province Shinano Province Kantō region Kokubunji, Tokyo Edo Castle 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 Iga Province Inaba Province Ise Province Iwaki Province (718) Iwami Province Iwase Province Iyo Province Izu Province Kaga Province Kii Province Mikawa Province Mimasaka Province Rikuzen Province Nagato Province Noto Province Oki Province Tane Province Owari Province Sado Province Sanuki Province Satsuma Province Settsu Province Shima Province Suwa Province Suruga Province Tajima Province Tamba Province Tosa Province Tsushima Province Wakasa Province Yamashiro Province Yamato 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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