Shimotsuke Province

• See also: List of Provinces

Shimotsuke Province

Shimotsuke Province (下野国) was an old Province of Japan, located in what is now Tochigi Prefecture.¹

Fujiwara Hidesato is known to have acted as Governor of this Province.¹²

Footnotes

1. Louis Frederic, translated by Kathe Roth (2002) “Japan Encyclopedia”. London: Harvard University Press.
2. Kodansha. (1993) ”Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia”. Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

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