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Izumo Province

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Also known as Unshū

province of Japan

Wikidata facts

Country
Japan
Located in
San'indō
Shares border with
Oki Province
Image
地図 令制国 出雲国.svg
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name in kana
いずものくに
category of associated people
Category:People of Izumo Province
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Shimane Prefecture
topic's main category
Category:Izumo Province
Commons category
Izumo Province
time of earliest written record
0692-00-00
inception
0710-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1871-00-00
native label
出雲国
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Encyclopedic overview

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Izumo Province highlighted Izumo Province (出雲国, Izumo no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [iꜜ.(d)zɯ.mo (no kɯ.ɲi)]) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called Unshū (雲州). The province is in the Chūgoku region.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Izumo Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.