Aki Province

Aki Province (安芸国, Aki no kuni) or Geishū (芸州) was an old province in the area of Hiroshima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1]

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Aki Province highlighted

History

Itsukushima in Aki Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1852-1858

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Aki Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[2]

Shrines and Temples

Itsukushima jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Aki. ^[3]

Related pages

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