Yamashiro Province - Definition and Overview

Japan_prov_map_yamashiro.PNG
Map of Japanese provinces with province highlighted

Yamashiro province (山城国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes the southern part of Kyoto prefecture.

Including Kyoto itself, since 794 Yamashiro was the seat of the imperial court, and, during the Muromachi period, the seat of the shogun as well.

Japangeo.png

This Japanese location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Yamashiro_Province).

Example Usage of Yamashiro
	yuh_a: @Yamashiro もんじゃ焼き屋のおばちゃんも中央区だようふふ
	kazmi9do: @Yamashiro 好み丸出しじゃないっすか！
	yamashiro: @kazmi9do 中央区はOLファッションで固めたメガネスーツ美人ってことでいいですか！

Copyright 2009 WordIQ.com - Privacy Policy :: Terms of Use :: Contact Us :: About Us
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the this Wikipedia article.

Example Usage of Yamashiro