Map of Japanese provinces (1868 ) with Tsushima Province highlighted
Tsushima Province (対馬国 , Tsushima-no kuni ) was an Japanese island province off the west coast of the island of Kyushu .[ 1] It was sometimes called Taishū (対州 ) .
The province was the Tsushima Islands , which is today part of Nagasaki Prefecture .
The capital city of the province was located at Izuhara.
History
View of Tsushima Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige , 1853
In the Meiji period , the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Tsushima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[ 2]
Shrines and Temples
Kaijin jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya ) of Tsushima.
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Other websites
Media related to Tsushima Province at Wikimedia Commons