Tanba Province

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Tanba Province was an old administrative region of Japan located in what is now central Kyoto and Hyōgo Prefectures, historically important as an inland area near Kyoto.

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Tanba Province canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former province of Japan
abolishedAsAdministrativeUnit Meiji period
linked to: Meiji era
associatedWithRoad Sanindō
Sanyōdō
capital Kameoka
category Former provinces of Japan
controlledBy Akechi Mitsuhide
Hatano clan
Hosokawa clan
Tokugawa shogunate
country Japan
duringEdoPeriod dividedIntoSeveralDomains
eraOfSignificance Heian period
Sengoku period
establishedInPeriod Asuka period
governedFrom Tanba kokufu
hadDistrict Funai District
Hikami District
Ikaruga District
Kasa District
Taki District
Yosa District
hasAlternativeSpelling Tamba Province
historicalFunction agricultural production area for Kyoto
source of timber for Kyoto
historicalRegion inland area near Kyoto
ichinomiya Izumo Daijingu
languageOfName Japanese
locatedIn Honshu
Kinai region
linked to: Kansai region

central Hyōgo Prefecture
central Kyoto Prefecture
mentionedIn Shoku Nihongi
modernEquivalentRegion central-western Kansai region
nameWrittenWithKanji 丹波国
near Kyoto
neighboringProvince Harima Province NERFINISHED
Omi Province NERFINISHED
Settsu Province NERFINISHED
Tajima Province NERFINISHED
Tango Province
Yamashiro Province NERFINISHED
partOf Ritsuryō provincial system
linked to: ritsuryō system
religiousCenter Izumo Daijingu
strategicImportance important inland transportation corridor
protected approaches to Kyoto from the west
succeededBy Hyōgo Prefecture
linked to: Hyogo Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

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Kameoka historicalRegion Tanba Province
Tanba Highlands namedAfter Tanba Province
subject linked to: Tanba highlands
Yagi locatedInFormerProvince Tanba Province