Kibi Province
See also: Provinces
Kibi Province
Kibi Province (吉備国) was one of the many provinces in Japan.
Legendary Period
According to one tale in the Nihongi, Susano-o killed the dragon Yamata no Orochi using the blade Orochi no Karasabi. This sword was eventually given into the care of the Kambe of Kibi Province.1
Footnotes
1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
Kinai | Izumi * Kawachi * Settsu * Yamashiro * Yamato |
Tōsandō | Dewa * Hida * Kōzuke * Mino * Mutsu * Omi * Shimotsuke * Shinano |
Hokurikudō | Echigo * Echizen * Etchū * Kaga * Koshi * Wakasa |
San’indō | Hōki * Inaba * Izumo * Tajima * Tamba * Tango |
Tōkaidō | Ise * Kai * Kazusa * Mikawa * Owari * Sagami * Shimōsa * Suruga * Tōtōmi |
Nankaidō | Awa * Iyo * Kii * Sanuki * Tosa |
San’yōdō | Aki * Harima * Mimasaka |
Saikaidaō | Bungo * Chikuzen * Hizen * Hyūga * Iki * Tsushima |
Pre-Taihō Code | Kibi |
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