
Map of Japanese provinces with Yamashiro Province highlighted
'Yamashiro province' (山城国; -no kuni) was a
province of
Japan, which today composes the southern part of
Kyoto Prefecture on
Honshū.
Including
Kyoto itself, since 794 Yamashiro was the seat of the imperial court, and, during the
Muromachi period, the seat of the
Ashikaga shogunate as well.