Hōki Province
Hōki ( Japanese 伯 耆 国 Hōki no kuni ) or Hakushū ( 伯 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan in the area of the western part of today's Tottori Prefecture . Hōki bordered the provinces of Inaba , Mimasaka , Bitchū , Bingo and Izumo .
In the ruins of the old capital Fujiwara-kyō a wooden plaque ( mokkan ) from 698 was found in which the province appears under the name 波伯吉 国 , in Kojiki (around 712) as 伯 伎 国 , and in the dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō (938) as 波 々 岐 国 , whereby these were read as Hahaki ( Old Japanese : * papaki 1 ). This pronunciation has been preserved in the name of the Hahaki shrine ( 波波 伎 神社 Hahaki-jinja ) in Kurayoshi .
The old provincial capital ( Kokufu ) was in the area of today's district Kō (a contraction of the word Kokufu ) of Kurayoshi, which later became the main castle at Yonago .
In 1871 Hōki went on together with the province of Inaba in the new Tottori prefecture. The name of the province still partially survives in the districts of Tōhaku ( 東 伯 郡 'East Hōki' ) and Saihaku ( 西伯 郡 'West Hōki' ), as well as the Hōki community formed in 2005 .
Counties ( kōri )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 日本 の 国 は い つ で き た? 西 日本 編 . (PDF) p. 62 , accessed December 18, 2017 (Japanese).
Coordinates: 35 ° 24 ' N , 133 ° 35' E