Tanba Province
Former province of Japan
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Tanba Province was a province of Japan in the area of central Kyoto and east-central Hyōgo Prefectures. Tanba bordered on Harima, Ōmi, Settsu, Tajima. Tango, Wakasa, and Yamashiro provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Tanshū. In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Tanba was one of the provinces of the San'indō circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Tanba was ranked as one of the "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the "near countries" (近国) in terms of distance from the capital. The provincial capital is believed to have been located in what is now the city of Kameoka, although the exact location remains uncertain. The ichinomiya of the province is the Izumo-daijingū also located in Kameoka. The province had an area of 1,283.43 sqkm.
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History
Before the establishment of the Ritsuryō system, the area was under control of the Tanba Kokuzō and included both the Tanba and Tango areas. The province of Tango was created in 713 during the reign of Empress Genmei by separating the northern five districts (Kasa District, Yoza District, Tamba District (later Naka District), Takeno District, and Kumano District) into "Tango", and the districts closer to the capital as "Tanba". The Tanba area is rugged, and can be roughly divided into several river basins separated by mountains. For this reason, historically the province has been difficult to govern as a whole. On the other hand, its proximity to the capital gave it a strategic importance. During the Muromachi period, the Hosokawa clan were the shugo of the province, but governed through their proxies, the Naito clan. During the late Sengoku period, the province was conquered by Akechi Mitsuhide, and after his defeat by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the Battle of Yamasaki in the aftermath of the assassination of Oda Nobunaga, it was governed by a succession of relatives of the Toyotomi clan. In the Edo Period, Tanba was governed by a mosaic of mostly fudai daimyō domains, who were considered more reliable by the Tokugawa shogunate and who could be called upon when necessary for the defense of Kyoto and Osaka.
::data[format=table title="Bakumatsu period domains"]
| Name | Clan | Type | kokudaka |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Mujisen.svg | 25px]] Sasayama | Aoyama clan | Fudai |
| [[File:Maruni-Toshi no Monji.jpg | 25px]] Tanba-Kameyama | Katanobara-Matsudaira clan | Fudai |
| [[File:Oda emblem.svg | 25px]] Kaibara | Oda clan | Tozama |
| [[File:So clan mon2.svg | 25px]] Fukuchiyama | Kutsuki clan | Fudai |
| [[File:Mon Gaku.jpg | 25px]] Sonobe | Koide clan | Fudai |
| [[File:Shichiyoumon (No background and Black color drawing).svg | 25px]] Ayabe | Kuki clan | Tozama |
| [[File:Ageha inverted.png | 25px]] Yamaga | Tani clan | Tozama |
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Meiji period
Following the Meiji restoration, Tanba was divided into six districts. Per the early Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō, an official government assessment of the nation’s resources, the province had 970 villages with a total kokudaka of 331,954 koku.
::data[format=table title="Districts of Tango Province"] | District | kokudaka | Controlled by || at present ||Currently | |---|---|---| | {{nihongo|Kuwata|熊野郡 | }} | 56,227 koku | | {{nihongo|Funai|船井郡 | }} | 52,140 koku | | {{nihongo|Ikaruga|何鹿郡 | }} | 49,525 koku | | {{nihongo|Amata|天田郡 | |}} | 52,059 koku | | {{nihongo|Hikami|氷上郡 | }} | 68,546 koku | | {{nihongo|Taki|多紀郡 | }} | 53,453 koku | ::
Gallery
Izumo-daijingū haiden-2.JPG|Izumo-daijingū, ichinomiya of the province Tamba kokubunji.JPG|Ruins of Tanba Kokubun-ji Sasaymajyo12.jpg|Sasayama Castle Kameyamaj.jpg|Kameyama Castle
Notes
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon (Nihon Ōdai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
References
- Spelling note: A modified [[Hepburn romanization]] system for Japanese words is used throughout Western publications in a range of languages, including [[English language. English]]. Unlike the standard system, the "''n''" is maintained even when followed by "[[homorganic consonants]]" (e.g., ''shinbun'', not ''shimbun'').
- NHK Publishing. (24 May 2016)
- [[Louis-Frédéric. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Tanba''" in {{Google books. p2QnPijAEmEC. ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 943
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books. 18oNAAAAIAAJ. ''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 64.
- Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA780 "Provinces and prefectures"] at p. 780.
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