Kii Province
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Kii Province was a historical region of Japan located on the Kii Peninsula, corresponding largely to present-day Wakayama Prefecture and parts of Mie Prefecture.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative division
ⓘ
historical province of Japan ⓘ |
| abbreviation | 紀伊 ⓘ |
| abolishedAsProvince | Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Ise Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Izumi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kawachi Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Kii Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Shima Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamato Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Wakayama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSite | Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| domainCenter | Wakayama Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Kii Tokugawa clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadMajorShrine |
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumano Hongu Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumano Nachi Taisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kumano Sanzan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadMajorTemple |
Kongobu-ji
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Koyasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPortTown |
Shingu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanabe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Edo period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamakura period NERFINISHED ⓘ Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ Nara period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | Ritsuryō province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ rugged coastline ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Honshu ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kii Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ forestry ⓘ |
| oldNameInJapanese | 紀伊国 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyCorrespondsTo | Mie Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlyReorganizedInto | Mie Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
center of Shugendo and mountain worship
ⓘ
important Buddhist pilgrimage area ⓘ important Shinto pilgrimage area ⓘ |
| reorganizedInto | Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageContext | Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasOneOf | Gosanke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.