Mino Province

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Mino Province (美濃国, Mino no kuni^?), one of the old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano provinces.

Although the ancient provincial capital was near Tarui, the main castle town was at Gifu, the home to Inabayama Castle.

Contents 1 Historical record 2 Shugo 2.1 Kamakura Bakufu 2.2 Muromachi Bakufu 3 References 4 Further reading

[edit] Historical record

In the sixth year of the Wadō era (713): The road which traverses Mino and Shinano provinces was widened to accommodate increasing numbers of travelers.^[1]

In the Sengoku period, Mino Province was one of the original provinces controlled by Oda Nobunaga. His heirs continued to control it even after Nobunaga died and Toyotomi Hideyoshi took power.

The Battle of Sekigahara took place at the western edge of Mino, near the mountains between the Chūbu region and the Kinki region.

[edit] Shugo

Below is an incomplete list of the shugo who controlled Mino Province and the years of their reign:

[edit] Kamakura Bakufu

• Ōuchi Koreyoshi (大内惟義), 1187–1211
• Ōuchi Korenobu (大内惟信), until 1221
• Utunomiya Yasutsuna (宇都宮泰綱), from 1252
• Hōjō clan, from 1285
• Hōjō Tokimura (北条時村), 1296–1300
• Hōjō Masataka (北条政高), until 1333

[edit] Muromachi Bakufu

• Toki Yorisada (土岐頼貞), 1336–1339
• Toki Yoritō (土岐頼遠), 1339–1342
• Toki Yoriyasu (土岐頼康), 1342–1387
• Toki Yasuyuki (土岐康行), 1387–1389
• Toki Yoritada (土岐頼忠), 1390–1394
• Toki Yorimasu (土岐頼益), 1395–1414
• Toki Mochimasu (土岐持益), 1422–1465
• Toki Shigeyori (土岐成頼), 1468–1495
• Toki Masafusa (土岐政房), 1495–1519
• Toki Yorinari (土岐頼芸), 1519–1542

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.-- Click for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French).

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