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The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces were separated by the Sakai River, which means "border river." The province's abbreviated name was Bishū (尾州). Ukiyo-e print by Hiroshige, Owari, from The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States (六十余州名所図会), depicting a ...
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The kuni no miyatsuko were now in charge of spiritual and religious affairs, specifically the Shintō rites of each province. [2] These religious officials became known as shin-kokuzō (新国造), or "new" kuni no miyatsuko. [2] The kuni no miyatsuko, now in the office of gunji, often sided with peasants against the ruling kokushi elite.
The Owari Kokubun-ji was founded in 741 as the provincial temple of Owari Province, and is located approximately 900 meters south of its modern incarnation. The site is located on the a natural levee on the left bank of the Miyake River, and the ruins of the provincial capital of the province are four kilometers to the north-northeast. The ...
The Battle of Okehazama (桶狭間の戦い, Okehazama-no-tatakai) took place on 12 June 1560 in Owari Province, in today's Aichi Prefecture.In this battle, the heavily outnumbered Oda clan troops, commanded by Oda Nobunaga, defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto and established Oda as one of the front-running warlords in the Sengoku period.
Owari Ōkunitama Shrine (尾張大国霊神社, Owari Ōkunitama Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was the sōja of Owari Province. The main kami enshrined is Ōkuninushi. The shrine's main festival is held annually on May 6.
Pages from the Owari meisho Zue. Owari meisho zue (尾張名所図会, “Guide to famous Owari sites”) is an illustrated guide describing famous places, called meisho, and depicting their scenery in pre-1868 Owari province in central Japan. [1] It was printed using Japanese woodblock printing techniques in books divided among volumes.