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Mino Province |
Mino Province (美濃国 Mino no kuni?), one of the old provinces of Japan, was composed of nearly the entire southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture. Mino Province bordered Echizen, Hida, Ise, Mikawa, Ōmi, Owari, and Shinano provinces.
Although the ancient provincial capital was near Tarui, the main castle town was at Gifu, the home of Inabayama Castle.
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In 713, the road crossing through Mino and Shinano provinces was widened to accommodate increasing numbers of travelers.1
Centuries later, during the Sengoku period, Mino Province was one of the original provinces controlled by Oda Nobunaga. His heirs continued to control it even after Nobunaga died and Toyotomi Hideyoshi took power.
The Battle of Sekigahara took place at the western edge of Mino, near the mountains between the Chūbu region and the Kinki region.
Below is an incomplete list of the shugo who controlled Mino Province and the years of their reign:
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