Owari (province)

Owari Province was created in the 7th century. Its administrative center was the modern city of Inazawa .

The province has long been known for the Atsuta Shrine , which housed the Kusanagi sword, one of the three sacred relics of the imperial family of Japan .

The province of Owari was dominated by a flat landscape. The Kiso River has turned local soils into some of the best in Japan. It was the high productivity that made Owari attractive to many Japanese powers that be.

In the XIII - XIV century, the province belonged to the Tyujo family, and from the XV century it came under the control of the Shiba clan, advisers to the Muromachi shoguns . In the middle of the sixteenth century, de facto power in Owari passed to the deputies of Shib - the Oda clan From the latter came the famous commander, organizer of the unification of Japan , Oda Nobunaga . His loyal general Toyotomi Hideyoshi , who was also a native of Owari, completed the work of his overlord , creating in 1590 a single and centralized Japanese state.

During the Edo period ( 1603 - 1867 ), the Owari province was ruled by the Tokugawa clan, a sideline of the Tokugawa shoguns from Tokyo . The residence of these provincial rulers was in Nagoya Castle. In this era, Owari was famous for the manufacture of porcelain , for which the Tokugawa clan had a monopoly in the country.

As a result of the administrative reform of 1872, Owari Province became part of Aichi Prefecture .

• Aichi ( 愛 知 郡 )
• Kaisai ( 海西 郡 )
• Kasugai ( Japanese 春日 井 郡 )
• Kaito ( Japanese 海 東郡 )
• Nakashima ( Jap. 中 島 郡 )
• Niva ( Japanese 丹羽 郡 )
• Titus ( Japanese 知 多 郡 )
• Haguri ( Japanese 葉 栗 郡 )
• Yamada ( Japanese 山田 郡 )

• 『角 川 日本 地名 大 辞典』 全 50 巻 、 東京 ： 角 川 書店 、 1987-1990 ( “The Great Dictionary of Japanese Toponyms Kadokawa .” In 50 volumes, Tokyo : Kadokawa Shôten , 1987-1990 )