Awa Province

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Awa Province (Tokushima)

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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Awa Province (Tokushima) highlighted

Awa Province (阿波国 Awa-no kuni?) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.[1] Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. It was sometimes called Ashū (阿州?) .

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  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Awa no Kuni" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 62 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.

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