Settsu Province
Settsu ( Japanese 摂 津 国 , Settsu no kuni ) or Sesshū ( 摂 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan and according to the Gokishichidō division one of the inner provinces (Kinai). It was in the eastern part of what is now Hyōgo Prefecture and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture . In ancient times it was also called Tsu Province ( 津 国 , Tsu no kuni ).
Osaka and Osaka-jō Castle were the centers of the province. In the Sengoku period , the Miyoshi clan ruled Settsu and the neighboring provinces of Izumi and Kawachi until they were conquered by Oda Nobunaga . The provinces were then ruled by Toyotomi Hideyoshi . The Council of Five Regents , which would subsequently rule for his son, soon fell out, and when Ishida Mitsunari lost the Battle of Sekigahara , the area fell to relatives of Tokugawa Ieyasu .
Settsu can still be found today in names such as that of the JR train stations Settsu-Motoyama ( 摂 津 本 山 , Kobe ) and Settsu-Tonda ( 摂 津 富田 , Takatsuki, between Osaka and Kyoto ).
Coordinates: 34 ° 51 ' N , 135 ° 18' E