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Former province of Japan

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Koshi Province (越国, Koshi no Kuni) was an ancient province or region of Japan in what is now the Hokuriku region. The region as a whole was sometimes referred to as Esshū (越州).

Koshi appears as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki. In 598 AD, the residents of Koshi presented a white deer to Empress Suiko as tribute.

At the end of the 7th century, Koshi was divided into three separate provinces: Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo (as noted in the Taihō Code). The names of these provinces mean 'Inner-Koshi' (Echizen), 'Middle-Koshi' (Etchu), and 'Outer-Koshi' (Echigo), respectively, indicating their relative positions with respect to the capital region (Kinki) at the time the Ritsuryō system was enacted. Later, parts of Echizen were separated off into Noto and Kaga provinces.

Notes

Satow, Ernest. (1874). "The Geography of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 1-2, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Koshi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 563, p. 563, at Google Books.

References

Asiatic Society of Japan. (1874). Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. Yokohama: The Society. OCLC 1514456
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

v t e Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 Ugo 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."

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Suwa Faith

Gods

Main Deities	Takeminakata Yasakatome Kōga Saburō
Child Gods	Takeminakatahikokamiwake [ja] Idezuna [ja] Katakura-hen-no-Mikoto [ja] Ikei-no-Kami [ja] Yachinomi-no-Mikoto [ja] Subanowaka-hiko-no-Mikoto [ja] Enanomimi-no-Mikoto [ja] Ikahagi-no-Mikoto [ja] Tateshina-no-Kami [ja] Okutsuishitake-no-Kami [ja] Moritatsu-no-Kami [ja] Kodomo-no-Kami [ja] Uchiagata-no-Kami [ja] Toagata-no-Kami [ja] Oagata-no-Kami [ja] Tsumekihagi-no-Mikoto [ja] Suefutokoro-no-Kami [ja] Oochi-no-Kami [ja] Tsuma-Kahime-no-Mikoto [ja] Taruhime [ja] Tsumayamito-hime-no-Mikoto [ja] Tatsuwaka-hime-no-Mikoto [ja]
Grandchild Gods	Kodamahiko-no-Mikoto [ja] Yatsugatake Sukune-no-Kami [ja] Idezunahime-no-Mikoto [ja] Aizu-hime-no-Kami [ja] Mitsutama-hime-no-Kami [ja]
Other Gods	Mishaguji Ame-no-Shiro-Kami [ja] Moreya Moritaku-no-Kami [ja] Chikatou-no-Kami [ja] Tamamorihime [ja] Tenaga-Ashikaga [ja] Takei-Otomo-no-Ookami [ja] Yazuka-Otoko-no-Mikoto [ja]

Places

Head Shrine	Suwa-taisha
Other Shrines	Suwa Shrine (Tottori) Tagimitonotoya Shrine [ja] Suwa Shrine (Nagasaki) Ashinaga Shrine [ja] Ikushimatarushima Shrine Ono Shrine & Yahiko Shrine [ja] Sakimiya Shrine [ja] Tatsuyasu-zo Shrine [ja] Taruhime's Waterfall [ja] Chikatou Shrine [ja] Tenaga Shrine [ja] Fujishima Shrine (Suwa Region) [ja] Morikawa Shrine [ja] Yatsurugi Shrine (Suwa City) [ja] Akita Suwa Shrine [ja]
Temples	Ankokoji (Chino City) [ja] Hokkeji (Suwa City) [ja] Onsenji (Nagano) [ja] Kannon-in (Okaya City) [ja] Jiunji (Nagano Prefecture Shimosuwa Town) [ja] Buppoushouryuji [ja] Seiken-ji
Others	Moriya Mountain [ja] Lake Suwa Tenryū River Tsuetzuki Pass [ja] Fune Kofun (Burial Mound) [ja] Shimosuwa Aozuka Kofun [ja] Manji's Stone Buddha [ja] Shinchoukan Moriya Historical Museum [ja]
Literature	Kojiki (Kuni-yuzuri) Kujiki Suwa Nobushige's Letter of Explanation [ja] Suha Mikoto's Written Record [ja] Suwa Daimyōjin Ekotoba Shintōshū
Historical Figures	Ariue [ja] Sakanoue no Tamuramaro Akuro O [ja] Kana Moritomo [ja] Tezuka Mitsumori [ja] Suwa Tamenaka [ja] Suwa Nobushige [ja] Suwa Yorishige (Nanboku-chō period) Suwa Entadzu [ja] Kana Masaharu [ja] Suwa Yorimitsu Suwa Yorishige Suwa Official [ja] Takatoo Yoritsugu [ja] Takeda Shingen Takeda Katsuyori Moriya Yorishin [ja] Moriya Masayuki [ja] Matsuzawa Yoshifusa [ja] Kunio Yanagita Naokazu Miyaji [ja] Ito Tomio [ja] Fujimori Eiichi [ja] Imai Nogiku [ja] Daihachi Oguchi (Osuwa Daiko) Nomoto Sankichi [ja]

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