Tōsandō
Administrative unit of ancient Japan
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Tōsandō is a Japanese geographical term. It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it. It is part of the Gokishichidō system. It was situated along the central mountains of northern Honshu, specifically the Tōhoku region.
This term also refers to a series of roads that connected the capitals of each of the provinces that made up the region.
The Tōsandō region encompasses eight ancient provinces.
- Dewa Province
- Hida Province
- Kōzuke Province
- Mino Province
- Mutsu Province
- Ōmi Province
- Shimotsuke Province
- Shinano Province
After 711 AD, Tōsandō was understood to include the Musashi Province.
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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 Odai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
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- Deal, William E. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=i0ni1NmbYe0C&pg=PA83 ''Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan,'' p. 83].
- [[Louis-Frédéric
- Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA255 "''Goki-shichidō''" at p. 255].
- [[Isaac Titsingh. Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). {{Google books. 18oNAAAAIAAJ. ''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 57.
- Titsingh, {{Google books. 18oNAAAAIAAJ. p.57 n1.
- After 718, Mutsu was subdivided to include [[Iwaki Province (718). Iwaki Province]] and [[Iwase Province]].
- [[Louis-Frédéric. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Tōsandō''" in {{Google books. p2QnPijAEmEC. ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 988
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