Hida Province
Hida ( Japanese 飛 騨 国 , traditionally : 飛 驒 國 Hida no kuni , in ancient times also 斐 Alt 国 ) or Hishū ( 飛 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan in the Tōsandō region of Japan, today the northern part of Gifu prefecture .
The old provincial capital ( kokufu ) was probably located in the Kokufu district of Takayama . However, no archaeological remains have been discovered yet.
Hida's vast forests were an important source of timber and metals for other provinces. There was heavy inland shipping from Hida down to Mino and Owari .
In 1585 Kanamori Nagachika , one of the generals of Oda Nobunaga and later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was sent to conquer Hida and became its master. He fought on the side of Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara and his heirs held the province through the Edo period .
Coordinates: 36 ° 5 ' N , 137 ° 8' E