Editing Inaba Province (section)

{{short description|Former province of Japan}}
[[Image:Provinces of Japan-Inaba.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Inaba Province highlighted]]

{{nihongo|'''Inaba Province'''|因幡国|Inaba no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|iꜜ.na.ba (no kɯ.ɲi)}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} was a [[Provinces of Japan|former province]] in the area that is today the eastern half of [[Tottori Prefecture]] in the [[San'in region]] of Japan.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Inaba''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 411|page=411}}.</ref><ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Inaba''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 385|page=385}}.</ref> Inaba was bordered by [[Hōki Province|Hōki]], [[Mimasaka Province|Mimasaka]], [[Harima Province|Harima]] and [[Tajima Province|Tajima]] Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was {{nihongo|'''Inshū'''|因州|}}. In terms of the [[Gokishichidō]] system, Inaba was one of the provinces of the [[San'indo]] circuit. Under the ''[[Engishiki]]'' classification system, Inaba was ranked as one of the 35 "superior countries" (上国) in terms of importance, and one of the "near countries" (近国) in terms of distance from the capital.  The [[kokufu|provincial capital]] was located in what is now the city of [[Tottori (city)|Tottori]]. The ''[[ichinomiya]]'' of the province is the [[Ube shrine]] also located in the city of Tottori.<ref>[http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/images/uploads/EOS070712Ab.pdf "Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 2.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517061440/http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/images/uploads/EOS070712Ab.pdf |date=2013-05-17 }}; retrieved 2011-08-09</ref>

[[File:六十余州名所図会 因幡 か路小山-View of Kajikoyama, Inaba Province, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces MET DP122140.jpg|thumb|right|[[Hiroshige]] ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' "Inaba" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Kajikoyama]]