Kinai (畿内; Japanese pronunciation: [kʲiꜜ.nai][1]) is a Japanese term denoting an ancient division of the country. Kinai is a name for the provinces around the capital Nara and Heian-kyō.[2]
The name is still used to describe part of the Kansai region, but the area of the Kinai corresponds only generally to the land of the old provinces.[2]
The region was established as one of the Gokishichidō ("Five provinces and seven roads") during the Asuka period (538-710). It consisted of Yamashiro, Yamato, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi provinces.[3]
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edit- ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
- 1 2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kinai" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 521, p. 521, at Google Books.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Gokishichidō" in at p. 255, p. 255, at Google Books.
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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