Tōtōmi Province
Tōtōmi ( Japanese 遠 江 国 , Tōtōmi no kuni ) or Enshū ( 遠 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan on the western part of today's Shizuoka Prefecture .
etymology
Tōtōmi means in the spelling ( 遠 江 ) "distant bay (also in the sense of lake)". In ancient times, however, it was written as 遠 淡 海 , which means "distant freshwater lake" and means Lake Hamana . The name stands in contrast to the “nearby freshwater lake”, Lake Biwa in the Ōmi province . As a result of a decree in the 8th century, according to which province names had to consist of only 2 characters, 遠 淡 海 was shortened to 遠 江 .
Today's pronunciation Tōtōmi developed from Toho tsu Ahaumi ( Old Japanese : * to 2 po-tu-apa-umi 1 ) → Toho tsu Afumi → Tohotafumi → Tootoumi (→ Tōtōmi ).
history
The old provincial capital ( kokufu ) was on the territory of modern Iwata . In the Sengoku period , however, the main castle was in Hamamatsu .
Totomi was controlled by the Imagawa family, later it came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu , who ruled here until he took over the Kantō region .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Takashi Toda: 「近 江」 を 「お う み」 と 読 む 理由 . (No longer available online.) In: Lake Biwa Museum. October 25, 2007, archived from the original on August 9, 2007 ; Retrieved May 9, 2008 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ' N , 137 ° 57' E