Noto_Province Noto_Province

Noto Province - Definition and Overview
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Map of Japanese provinces with province highlighted

Noto (能登国; -no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. Noto bordered on Etchu and Kaga provinces.

Nanao, Ishikawa was the ancient capital and the main castle town of Noto. For much of the Sengoku period Noto was ruled by a minor branch of the Maeda clan of Kaga.


Old provinces of Japan

Aki | Awa(Kanto) | Awa(Shikoku) | Awaji | Bingo | Bitchu | Bizen | Bungo | Buzen | Chikugo | Chikuzen | Dewa | Echigo | Echizen | Etchu | Harima | Hida | Higo | Hitachi | Hizen | Hoki | Hyuga | Iga | Iki | Inaba | Ise | Iwami | Iyo | Izu | Izumi | Izumo | Kaga | Kai | Kawachi | Kazusa | Kii | Kozuke | Mikawa | Mimasaka | Mino | Musashi | Mutsu | Nagato | Noto | Oki | Omi | Osumi | Owari | Sado | Sagami | Sanuki | Satsuma | Settsu | Shima | Shimosa | Shimotsuke | Shinano | Suo | Suruga | Tajima | Tamba | Tango | Tosa | Totomi | Tsushima | Wakasa | Yamashiro | Yamato


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