Tosa Province
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Tosa Province
Tosa (土佐国; -no kuni) was an
old province
of
Japan
in the area that is today
Kochi prefecture
on
Shikoku
. Tosa bordered on
Iyo
and
Awa provinces
.The ancient capital was near modern
Nankoku
. Tosa was ruled by the
Chosokabe clan
during the
Sengoku
period, and
Chosokabe Motochika
briefly unified
Shikoku
under his rule, although he was reduced to Tosa again by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
and dispossessed entirely after
Sekigahara
. The province was then granted to
Yamanouchi Kazutoyo
. Tosa was a relatively poor province, and lacked a strong castle town even under the Chosokabe. After Sekigahara, the castle town of
Kochi
was established and remains the main city to this day. During the Edo period the province was controlled by the
Tosa Domain
.
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