
Map of Japanese provinces with province highlighted
'Iwami' (石見国; -no kuni) was an
old province of
Japan in the area that is today the western part of
Shimane prefecture. Iwami bordered on
Aki,
Bingo,
Izumo,
Nagato, and
Suo provinces.
The ancient provincial capital was at modern
Hamada. During the
Sengoku period it was a fief of the
Mori clan of neighboring Aki.
See also
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Japanese battleship Iwami
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Tatamigaura