Izu Province
Izu ( jap. 伊豆 国 , Izu no kuni ) or Zushū ( 豆 州 ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan , consisting of the Izu Peninsula , which is now part of Shizuoka Prefecture , and the Izu Islands , which is now part of Tokyo Prefecture .
Izu bordered the Sagami and Suruga Province .
Before 680 it was part of the Suruga Province. From then until the Edo period the province consisted of 3 districts: Tagata, Kamo and Naka. In the Edo period, Kimisawa was added as the 4th district.
The First Shrine ( ichi-no-miya ) of Izu was the Mishima Shrine of Mishima . The provincial capital ( kokufu ) was also nearby, but its remains have not yet been discovered. The shrines of Ninomiya Hachimangu and Asama , also in Mishima, were the next most important. The official provincial temple ( kokubunji ) was also located in Mishima .
In the Sengoku period Izu was most of the men of the Kanto ruled -Provinzen Sagami and Musashi, including the Hōjō and later by the Tokugawa - shoguns themselves.
Izu was an important scene for the novel Shogun and its film adaptation .
Coordinates: 35 ° 2 ′ N , 138 ° 59 ′ E