Editing Inaba Province (section)

==History==
"Inaba" has been written in a variety of ''[[kanji]]''. The ancient ''[[Kojiki]]'' uses "稲羽", whereas the [[Kujiki]] uses "稲葉" to name only a couple of examples. Inaba has been settled since the [[Japanese Paleolithic]] and the remains of [[Yayoi period|Yayoi]] and [[Kofun period]] settlements and [[kofun|burial mounds]] have been found in several locations. During the late Kofun period to [[Asuka period]], the Inaba ''[[kuni no miyatsuko]]'' was the Ifukube clan. A princess from this clan ([[Ifukube no Tokotari]]) served as [[maid of honor]] at the court of [[Emperor Mommu]] and her grave in what is now the city of Tottori is a [[Monuments of Japan|National Historic Site]].  During the [[Muromachi period]], the [[Yamana clan]] were nominally ''[[shugo]]'' of the province; however, their control over the province was very weak, and local warlords and aggressive neighbors often usurped Yamana authority. In the [[Sengoku period]], the province was a contested area between the [[Mōri clan]] and [[Oda Nobunaga]], with Nobunaga's general, [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Hashiba Hideyoshi]] eventually seizing control. In the [[Edo period]], the entire province was ruled by a branch of the [[Ikeda clan]] as part of the 320,000 ''[[koku]]'' [[Tottori Domain]] centered on [[Tottori Castle]]..

Following the [[Meiji restoration]] and the [[abolition of the han system]] in 1871, Inaba became part of Tottori Prefecture on August 29,1871. However, Tottori was merged into [[Shimane Prefecture]] on August 21, 1876. It was separated back out on September 12, 1881.

Per the early [[Meiji period]] {{nihongo|''Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō''|旧高旧領取調帳|}}, an official government assessment of the nation’s resources, the province had 565 villages with a total ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 193,336 ''[[koku]]''. 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Bakumatsu period domains
|-
! Name !! Clan !! Type !! ''[[kokudaka]]''
|-
| [[File:Maru ni Ageha-cho inverted.png|25px]] [[Tottori Domain|Tottori]] || [[Ikeda clan]] || ''Shinpan'' equivalent || 320,000 ''koku''
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Districts of Inaba  Province
|-
! District !! ''kokudaka'' !! Villages || Currently | |Notes
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Chizu District, Tottori|Chizu District]] |智頭郡||}} || 16,613 ''koku'' || 98 villages || [[Chizu, Tottori|Chizu]], part of [[Tottori (city)|Tottori]]  || merged with Hattō and Yakami Districts to become [[Yazu District, Tottori|Yazu District]] (八頭郡) on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Hattō District, Tottori|Hattō District]]|八東郡||}} || 26,005 ''koku'' || 91 villages ||[[Wakasa, Tottori|Wakasa]], [[Yazu, Tottori|Yazu]] ||merged with Chizu and Yakami Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Hōmi District, Tottori|Hōmi District]]|法美郡||}} || 20,439 ''koku'' || 62 villages  ||[[Tottori (city)|Tottori]]  ||  merged with Iwai and Ōmi Districts to become [[Iwami District, Tottori|Iwami District]] (岩美郡) on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Iwai District, Tottori|Iwai District]] |岩井郡|||}} || 22,258 ''koku'' || 51 villages ||[[Iwami, Tottori|Iwami]] || merged with Hōmi and Ōmi Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Keta District, Tottori|Keta District]] |気多郡||}} || 26,923 ''koku'' || 83 villages ||[[Tottori (city)|Tottori]]|| merged with Takakusa District to become [[Ketaka District, Tottori|Ketaka District]] (気高郡) on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Ōmi District, Tottori|Ōmi District]] |邑美郡||}} || 17,807 ''koku'' || 35 villages ||[[Tottori (city)|Tottori ]] || merged with Hōmi and Iwai Districts to become Iwami District on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Takakusa District, Tottori|Takakusa District]]  |高草郡||}} || 39,865 ''koku'' || 82 villages ||[[Tottori (city)|Tottori]] || merged with Keta District to become Ketaka District on March 29, 1896
|-
| {{nihongo|[[Yakami District, Tottori|Yakami District]] |八上郡||}} || 23,423 ''koku'' || 63 villages ||[[Tottori (city)|Tottori]], part of  [[Yazu, Tottori|Yazu]] || merged with Chizu and Hattō Districts to become Yazu District on March 29, 1896
|-
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|}