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Owari Province

Owari Province was an old province of central Japan, corresponding to the western part of modern Aichi Prefecture around Nagoya. It was the home of Oda Nobunaga, who united it by 1559, and of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Under the Tokugawa shogunate it formed the Owari domain, the senior of the three Tokugawa branch houses, ruled from Nagoya Castle.

Owari Province
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Saito clan domainOda regimeOwari Domain

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Owari Province. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owari-province
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“Owari Province.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/owari-province. Accessed .
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