Editing Inaba Province

{{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]]

==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
|-
|-
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Tottori castle01 2816.jpg|ruins of Tottori Castle
Ikeda Yoshinori.JPG|Ikeda Yoshinori, last daimyō of Tottori
Inaba Kokucho Site, seiden and koden-1.jpg|Inaba Kokufu ruins
Inaba Kokubunji, soseki.jpg|Inaba Kokubun-ji ruins
Ube-jinja, haiden-1.jpg|Ube Shrine, ''ichinomiya'' of Inaba Province
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Inaba Province}}
* [http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]

{{Japan Old Province}}

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