Tsushima Province

Tsushima Province
対馬国
Province of Japan
7th century–1871

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Tsushima Province highlighted
CapitalShimoagata District
History 
• Established
7th century
• Disestablished
1871
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Shimoagata kuni no miyatsuko
Kamiagata kuni no miyatsuko
Izuhara Prefecture
Today part ofTsushima, Nagasaki

Tsushima Province (対馬国, Tsushima-no kuni) was an old province of Japan on Tsushima Island which occupied the area corresponding to modern-day Tsushima, Nagasaki.[1] It was sometimes called Taishū (対州) .

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books.

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