Administrative unit of ancient Japan
Tosandō provinces in pinkTōsandō (東山道;Japanese pronunciation:[toː.saꜜn.doː,toꜜː.san.doː],[1]lit. 'Eastern MountainCircuit') is a Japanese geographical term.[2] It means both an ancient division of the country and the main road running through it.[3] It is part of theGokishichidō system.[4] It was situated along the central mountains of northernHonshu,[5] specifically theTōhoku region.
This term also refers to a series of roads that connected the capitals (国府,kokufu) of each of the provinces that made up the region.
The Tōsandō region encompasses eight ancient provinces.[6]
After 711 AD, Tōsandō was understood to include theMusashi Province.[8]
- ^Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (10 March 2025).新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.).Sanseidō.
- ^Deal, William E. (2005).Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 83.
- ^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)."Tōsandō,"Japan Encyclopedia, p. 998.
- ^Nussbaum,"Goki-shichidō" at p. 255.
- ^Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57., p. 57, atGoogle Books
- ^Titsingh,p.57 n1., p. 57, atGoogle Books
- ^After 718, Mutsu was subdivided to includeIwaki Province andIwase Province.
- ^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Tōsandō" inJapan Encyclopedia, p. 988, p. 988, atGoogle Books.
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