Aki Province

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Aki Province was a former historical province of Japan located in what is now western Hiroshima Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historical province of Japan
abolishedInReform Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
bordersWith Bingo Province NERFINISHED
Bitchū Province NERFINISHED
Iwami Province NERFINISHED
Nagato Province NERFINISHED
Suō Province NERFINISHED
capital Hiroshima NERFINISHED
codifiedIn Ritsuryō system NERFINISHED
containsIsland Itsukushima NERFINISHED
Miyajima NERFINISHED
containsSite Itsukushima Shrine NERFINISHED
country Japan
domainCenterInEdoPeriod Hiroshima Domain NERFINISHED
establishedInPeriod Asuka period NERFINISHED
governedBy Asano clan NERFINISHED
Mōri clan NERFINISHED
hasCoastOn Seto Inland Sea NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRegion Aki no Kuni NERFINISHED
hasFamousCastle Hiroshima Castle NERFINISHED
Kure naval base area NERFINISHED
hasFamousShrine Itsukushima Shrine NERFINISHED
hasHistoricCity Hiroshima NERFINISHED
hasImportantWaterBody Seto Inland Sea NERFINISHED
hasMajorCity Hiroshima NERFINISHED
Kure NERFINISHED
Miyajima NERFINISHED
hasPortCity Onomichi NERFINISHED
historicalEra Edo period NERFINISHED
Sengoku period NERFINISHED
knownFor Itsukushima Shrine NERFINISHED
maritime trade
naval facilities
language Japanese
locatedIn Chūgoku region NERFINISHED
Honshu
western Hiroshima Prefecture
locatedOnIsland Honshu
mergedInto Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
oldName Aki no Kuni NERFINISHED
Geishū NERFINISHED
partOf Saigoku NERFINISHED
presentDayCountry Japan NERFINISHED
presentDayEquivalent Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
regionType coastal province
religionSiteType Shinto shrine
replacedBy Hiroshima Prefecture NERFINISHED

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Katō Tomosaburō birthPlace Aki Province