Aki Province

Aki Province (安芸国 Aki no kuni) or Geishū (芸州) was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture. When Emperor Shōmu ordered two official temples for each province (one for male Buddhist priests and one for nuns), two temples were founded in Aki Province. The provincial temple was founded in present-day Saijō, Higashihiroshima. After a short rule by Fukushima Masanori, in 1619, Asano Nagaakira was appointed as the daimyo of Hiroshima with 420,000 koku. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Asano governed almost all the province.

Aki Province

Aki Province (安芸国 Aki no kuni) or Geishū (芸州) was a province in the Chūgoku Region of western Honshū, comprising the western part of what is today Hiroshima Prefecture. When Emperor Shōmu ordered two official temples for each province (one for male Buddhist priests and one for nuns), two temples were founded in Aki Province. The provincial temple was founded in present-day Saijō, Higashihiroshima. After a short rule by Fukushima Masanori, in 1619, Asano Nagaakira was appointed as the daimyo of Hiroshima with 420,000 koku. Until the Meiji Restoration, the Asano governed almost all the province.