Shimōsa Province

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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Shimōsa Province highlighted

Shimōsa Province (下総国, Shimōsa no Kuni^?) was a province of Japan located in and around the northern part of modern Chiba Prefecture, eastern Saitama Prefecture, eastern Tokyo (east coast side of Sumida River), and southwestern Ibaraki Prefecture. It was also called Sōshū (Especially known as Hokusō(北総) when only pointing at Shimōsa).

Hiroshige's View of Konodai in Shimōsa-specifically, the then-village of Ichikawa,Chiba

List of districts and villages

• Katsushika District
• Sōma District
• Chiba District
• Inba District
• Habu District
• Katori District
• Kaijō District
• Sōsa District
• Yūki District
• Sashima District
• Toyoda District
• Okada District

List of lands

• Bakuryo(Shogun owned lands)
• Sakura Domain: 110,000 koku
• Koga Domain: 80,000 koku
• Sekiyado Domain: 43,000 koku
• Yūki Domain: 17,000 koku
• Tako Domain: 12,000 koku
• Takaoka Domain: 10,000 koku
• Omigawa Domain: 10,600 koku
• Kokurihara Domain: 16,000 koku (abolished in 1638)
• Oyumi Domain: 10,000 koku

Government Buildings

Capital

The ancient provincial capital was located within the modern city of Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture, and the ruins what it is to be the government building was founded.

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