Bitchū Province ( 備中国 , Bicchū no kuni ) was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of western Honshū , in what is today western Okayama Prefecture . It was sometimes called Bishū ( 備州 ) , with Bizen and Bingo Provinces; those three provinces were settled in the late 7th Century, dividing former Kibi Province . Bitchu bordered Hōki , Mimasaka , Bizen , and Bingo Provinces.
4-652: The ancient capital and temples were built around Sōja . For much of the Muromachi Period , the province was dominated by the Hosokawa clan , who resided in Shikoku and allowed the province a degree of independence. By the Sengoku Period , other clans fought over Bitchu, and Oda Nobunaga and Mōri Terumoto were fighting in the province when Oda died, leading to a division of the province. After 1600,
8-452: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provincial temple Kokubun-ji ( 国分寺 ) were Buddhist temples established in each of the provinces of Japan by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period (710 – 794). Shōmu (701 – 756?) decreed both a kokubun-ji for monks and a kokubunni-ji ( 国分尼寺 ) for nuns to be established in each province. Tōdai-ji ,
12-403: The province was divided among a variety of han (fiefs), and included a number of castles. By the time the provinces were reorganized into prefectures, the dominant city was the port, Kurashiki . Kibitsu jinja was the chief Shinto shrine ( ichinomiya ) of Bitchū. [REDACTED] Media related to Bitchu Province at Wikimedia Commons This Okayama Prefecture location article
16-509: The provincial temple of Yamato Province , served as the head of all kokubun-ji , and Hokke-ji held that duty for the kokubunni-ji . Modern place names based on this etymology include: This Japanese history–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Japanese religious building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to religion in Japan
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