- Tōsandō
nihongo|Tōsandō|東山道 was an old
Japan ese geographical region that made up thegokishichidō system and was situated along the central mountains ofHonshū . [Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). "Annales des empereurs du japon," p. 57.] Its name literally means "Eastern Mountain Way." It also refers to a series of roads that connected the nihongo|capitals|国府|kokufu of each of the provinces that made up the region.The Tōsandō region encompassed eight ancient provinces. [Titsingh, p.57 n1.]
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Ōmi Province
*Mino Province
*Hida Province
*Shinano Province
*Kōzuke Province
*Shimotsuke Province
*Mutsu Province
*Dewa Province References
* Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō , 1652] , "Nipon o daï itsi ran ; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth." Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ... Click link to digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)]
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