Nagato Province

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Nagato Province was a former administrative region of Japan located in what is now western Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative region
historical Japanese province
abolishedInReform Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
borders Iwami Province NERFINISHED
Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
Suō Province NERFINISHED
country Japan
dissolvedDuring Meiji period reforms
existedDuring Edo period NERFINISHED
Heian period NERFINISHED
Kamakura period NERFINISHED
Muromachi period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Chōshū NERFINISHED
Nagato no Kuni NERFINISHED
hasCapital Hagi NERFINISHED
hasCoastalOrientation north-facing toward Sea of Japan
hasCoastlineOn Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
hasGeographicalPosition western end of Honshu
hasHistoricalFunction administrative division of Japan
hasHistoricalRegionType province of Japan
hasHistoricalSignificance center of anti-Tokugawa activities
hasHistoricalStatus dissolved province
hasJapaneseName 長門国 NERFINISHED
hasMajorCastleTown Hagi NERFINISHED
hasModernSuccessorEntity Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
hasNameMeaning “long gate” in Japanese
hasNotableDomain Chōshū Domain NERFINISHED
hasNotableShrine Hofu Tenmangū NERFINISHED
Sumiyoshi Shrine (Nagato) NERFINISHED
hasRegionCodeInGokishichidō San'yōdō NERFINISHED
isWesternmostProvinceOn Honshu NERFINISHED
languageUsed Japanese
locatedIn Chūgoku region NERFINISHED
Honshu
locatedInPresentDay Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
western Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
reorganizedInto Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
sharesTerritoryWith modern city of Hagi NERFINISHED
modern city of Shimonoseki NERFINISHED
wasControlledBy Mōri clan NERFINISHED
wasImportantIn late Edo period politics
wasKnownFor maritime trade and coastal routes
wasPartOf Chōshū Domain NERFINISHED
feudal Japan
wasReplacedBy modern prefecture system
writingSystemUsed Kanji

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Yamagata Aritomo birthPlace Nagato Province
Japanese battleship Nagato namedAfter Nagato Province