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Encyclopedia > Izumo province
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Izumo (Japanese: 出雲国; Izumo no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region. The origin of the word Izumo is from the name of the goddess Izanami.She is the mother of Japan and buried on Mt. Hiba, at the border of the old provinces of Izumo and Hoki, near modern-day Yasugi of Shimane Prefecture. Small map of Izumo Province Based on PD images used for prefectures I, the creator of this image, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ... The ChÅ«goku region (中国地方 ChÅ«goku-chihō) is located within the western region of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. ... In Japanese mythology, Izanami (J:イザナミ meaning She who invites) is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi. ... Izumo can refer to: Izumo province, one of the old provinces of Japan Izumo, a city in Shimane Prefecture The armored cruiser Izumo, which sailed in the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1900 through the end of World War II The Izumo class battleships in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Yasugi (安来市; -shi) is a city located in Shimane, Japan. ... Shimane Prefecture (島根県 Shimane-ken) is located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island, Japan. ...


It was one of the regions of ancient Japan where major political powers arose. A powerful clan of Izumo (Idumo is an obsolete Romanization) constituted an independent polity, but during the fourth century BC it was absorbed due to the expansion of the state of Yamato, within which it assumed the role of a sacerdotal domain. Even today the Izumo Shrine constitutes (as does the Ise Shrine) one of the more important sacred places of Shinto: it is dedicated to kami, especially to Ōkuninushi (Ō-kuni-nushi-no-mikoto), mythical progenitor of Susanoo and all the clans of Izumo. The Izumo shrine in Japan was built by Korean immigrants in the time roughly 100 BCE to 100 AD. It is considered the second most important original shrine in Japan, and reflects the beginning of prehistoric Korean influences on Japanese Culture. ... Ise Shrine (Ise-jingū 伊勢神宮; alternately Grand Shrines of Ise or Ise Daijingū 伊勢大神宮) is a shrine to Shinto goddess Amaterasu ōmikami, located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan. ... A torii at Itsukushima Shrine Shinto (神道 Shintō) (sometimes called Shintoism) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... Kami (神) is the Japanese word for deity. The word is used to indicate any sort of god, beings of a higher place or belonging to a different sphere of existence. ... Susanoo, also Susano-o, Susa-no-o, and Susanowo, (Japanese: 須佐之男命, Susanoo-no-mikoto) in Shinto is the god of the sea and storms. ...


By the Sengoku period, Izumo had lost much of its importance. It was dominated before the Battle of Sekigahara by the Mori clan, and after Sekighara was an independent fief with a castle town at modern Matsue. The Sengoku Period (戦国時代 Sengoku jidai) or warring-states period, is a period of long civil war in the History of Japan that spans through the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ... The Battle of Sekigahara or popularly known as the Realm Divide was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. ... Grave of Yamaguchi Mōri clan at Mount Koya The Mōri clan (毛利氏, Mōri-shi) was a family of daimyō, descended from Oe no Hiromoto and established themselves in Aki province. ... Matsue (松江市 Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. ...




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Izumo Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (236 words)
Izumo (Japanese: 出雲国; Izumo no kuni) was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane prefecture in the Chugoku region.
The origin of the word Izumo is from the name of the goddess Izanami.She is the mother of Japan and buried on Mt. Hiba, at the border of the old provinces of Izumo and Hoki, near modern-day Yasugi of Shimane Prefecture.
A powerful clan of Izumo (Idumo is an obsolete Romanization) constituted an independent polity, but during the fourth century BC it was absorbed due to the expansion of the state of Yamato, within which it assumed the role of a sacerdotal domain.
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