Musashi Province

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Musashi Province was an old Japanese province that once encompassed much of what is now Tokyo and parts of Saitama and Kanagawa Prefectures, serving as an important political and cultural center in feudal Japan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical Japanese province
abolishedInReform Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
borders Kai Province NERFINISHED
Kazusa Province NERFINISHED
Kōzuke Province NERFINISHED
Sagami Province NERFINISHED
Shimōsa Province NERFINISHED
Shinano Province NERFINISHED
capital Edo NERFINISHED
contains Edo NERFINISHED
Hachiōji NERFINISHED
Kawagoe NERFINISHED
Kawaguchi NERFINISHED
Kawasaki NERFINISHED
correspondsToModernArea Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED
correspondsToModernAreaPartially Kanagawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED
Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED
country Japan
culturalRegion Kantō NERFINISHED
formerCapital Fuchū NERFINISHED
governedBy Kantō kubō NERFINISHED
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
hadIchinomiya Hikawa Shrine NERFINISHED
Ōmiya Hikawa Shrine NERFINISHED
hadPortCity Edo NERFINISHED
hadProvincialTemple Musashi Kokubun-ji NERFINISHED
historicalEra Edo period NERFINISHED
Heian period NERFINISHED
Kamakura period NERFINISHED
Muromachi period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
Sengoku period NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance center of early modern Japan due to Edo
importantCenterFor commerce
culture
politics
locatedIn Honshu
Kantō region
majorRoad Kōshū Kaidō NERFINISHED
Nakasendō NERFINISHED
Ōshū Kaidō NERFINISHED
nameWrittenWithKanji 武蔵国 NERFINISHED
oldProvinceCode Musashi NERFINISHED
replacedBy prefecture system of Japan

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Hajino Nakamaro foundingLocation Musashi Province
Kokubunji historicalProvince Musashi Province
Musashi no misasagi namedAfter Musashi Province