Nagato Province facts for kids

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Nagato Province highlighted

Nagato Province (長門国, Nagato no kuni), often called Chōshū (長州), was an old province of Japan in the area of Yamaguchi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.

The province had borders with Iwami and Suō Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was Shimonoseki.

History

Coast of Nagato Province

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Nagato Province were reformed in the 1870s.

The Japanese battleship Nagato was named after this province.

Shrines and Temples

Sumiyoshi jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Nagato.

Related pages

• Provinces of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• List of regions of Japan
• List of islands of Japan

Images for kids

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  Nagato Kokubun-ji Site in Shimonoseki

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  Shōhō Kuniezu - Nagato Province, with Suō in yellow and Iwami in blue (Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives)

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  Genroku Kuniezu - Nagato Province, with Suō in pink and Iwami in yellow (Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives)

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  Tenpō Kuniezu - Nagato Province (Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives)

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  1878 map of Yamaguchi Prefecture, marked with its two constituent provinces of Nagato (長門) and Suō (周防), as well as neighbouring Iwami (石見) and Aki (安藝) (Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives)

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Nagato para niños