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was a province of Japan which consisted of the Iki Islands, now a part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Iki''" in .〕 Its abbreviated name was . Iki is classified as one of the provinces of the Saikaidō. Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Iki was ranked as a “inferior country” (下国) and a "far country" (遠国). ==History== The Iki Islands have been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic era, and numerous artifacts from the Jomon, Yayoi and Kofun periods have been found by archaeologists, indicating continuous human occupation and activity. In the Chinese ''Weizhi Worenchuan'' (Japanese 魏志倭人伝, ''Gishi Wajinden''), part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms dating from the 3rd century AD, mention is made of a country called “Ikikoku”, (一支国), located on an archipelago east of the Korean Peninsula. Archaeologists have tenatively identified this with the large Yayoi period settlement of Harunotsuji ( 原の辻 ), one of the largest to have been discovered in Japan, where artifacts uncovered indicate a close contact with the Japanese islands and the Asian mainland. It is also mentioned in the ''Weilüe,'' the ''Book of Liang'' and the ''Book of Sui.'' The islands were organized as Iki Province under the ''Ritsuryō'' reforms in the latter half of the seventh century, and the name “Iki-no-kuni” appears on wooden markers found in the imperial capital of Nara. The exact location of the provincial capital is not known, but is traditionally believed to have been in the former town of Ashibe, in former Ishida District. where the ruins of the ''Kokubun-ji'' of Iki Province have been discovered. Two shrines vie for the title of ''Ichinomiya'' of the province: the , in former town of Gonoura and the , in Ashibe After the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Iki Province became part of “Hirado Prefecture” from 1871, which then became part of Nagasaki Prefecture. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iki Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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