Yoshino Province

Yoshino Province (芳野監, Yoshino-gen), also known as Washū, was an old province of Japan in the area of Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1] The history of the province started in 716 and ended in 738.

History

The province was established when Yoshino District was separated from Yamato Province.

Yoshino Province was abolished sometime after 738. It was reformed as part of Yamato Province.

The Buddhist temple of Hisosan-ji was established in the province.^[2]

Yoshino was known for locally produced varnishes called lacquer. Cups and bowls and other lacquer ware (Yoshino nuri) were typically black and red.^[3] Yoshino lacquer (Yoshino urushi) was evaluated as superior.^[4]

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References

↑ Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 122.
↑ Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai: Major Works, p. 22; Royall Tyler, "Kōfuku-ji and Shugendo," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2/3, (June-September 1989), p. 149; retrieved 2012-2-1.
↑ Quin, J.J. (1881). "The Lacquer Industry of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 9, p. 14.
↑ Conn William. (1886). Japanese life, love, and legend: A visit to the Empire of the "Rising Sun," p. 170; "How Japanese Lacquerware is Made," The Furniture Gazette, Vol. XVIII (1882), p. 200.

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Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
Daimyo-issued banknote from Yamato-Washu Province, 1744-1748 Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice M. (1999). Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed, p. 122.

[2] Hakeda, Yoshito S. (1972). Kūkai: Major Works, p. 22; Royall Tyler, "Kōfuku-ji and Shugendo," Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2/3, (June-September 1989), p. 149; retrieved 2012-2-1.

[3] Quin, J.J. (1881). "The Lacquer Industry of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 9, p. 14.

[4] Conn William. (1886). Japanese life, love, and legend: A visit to the Empire of the "Rising Sun," p. 170; "How Japanese Lacquerware is Made," The Furniture Gazette, Vol. XVIII (1882), p. 200.

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v t e Provinces of Japan
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 ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."