Settsu Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Settsu Province highlighted

Settsu Province (摂津国, Settsu no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [sé̞t̚.t͡sɨ̀ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì), sè̞t̚.t͡sɨ́ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì), sè̞t̚.t͡sɨ́ (nó̞ kɯ̈́.ɲ̟í)]) was a province of Japan, which today comprises the southeastern part of Hyōgo Prefecture and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture. It was also referred to as Tsu Province (津国, Tsu no Kuni; [t͡sɨ́ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì)]) or Sesshū (摂州).

Osaka and Osaka Castle were the main center of the province. Most of Settsu's area comprises the modern day cities of Osaka and Kōbe.

History

During the Sengoku period, the Miyoshi clan ruled Settsu and its neighbors, Izumi and Kawachi, until they were conquered by Oda Nobunaga. The provinces were ruled subsequently by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The regents of Hideyoshi's son soon quarreled, and when Ishida Mitsunari lost the Battle of Sekigahara, the area was given to relatives of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was from then on divided into several domains, including the Asada Domain.

Sumiyoshi taisha was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the province.

During the Sengoku period Settsu became the main exporting centre of matchlock firearms to the rest of Japan.

The Kohama style (小浜流, Kohama-ryū) of sake brewing was practiced at the Kohama-juku (小浜宿) in the Amagasaki Domain of Settsu Province during the Edo period.

Historical districts

Notes

  1. ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, ed. (15 September 2010) [30 June 1960]. 全国アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (31st ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan. p. 405. ISBN 978-4-490-10023-5.
  2. ↑ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (1 April 2025) [10 April 2014]. 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Sanseido. p. 482. ISBN 978-4-385-13468-0.
  3. ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (20 June 2025) [25 May 2016]. NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese) (15th ed.). Shibuya, Tokyo: NHK Publishing. p. 735. ISBN 978-4-14-011345-5.
  4. ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Settsu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 846, p. 846, at Google Books.
  5. ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, ed. (15 September 2010) [30 June 1960]. 全国アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (31st ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan. p. 491. ISBN 978-4-490-10023-5.
  6. ↑ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (1 April 2025) [10 April 2014]. 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Sanseido. p. 573. ISBN 978-4-385-13468-0.
  7. ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (20 June 2025) [25 May 2016]. NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese) (15th ed.). Shibuya, Tokyo: NHK Publishing. p. 869. ISBN 978-4-14-011345-5.
  8. ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3.; retrieved 2011-08-09

References

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