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is an old province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Ōmi''" in .〕 It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is . Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is located at the center of the province. "Ōmi" came from ''awaumi'' or "fresh-water sea" and the kanji of "Ōmi" () means "an inlet near the capital" (See also Tōtōmi Province). The ancient capital was near Ōtsu, which was also a major castle town. In north of Otsu, one of the most important monastery Enryaku-ji is located on the Hieizan. ==History== Hōjō Tokimasa, the first ''shikken'' of the Kamakura Shogunate, was made daimyo of Ōmi Province in the 10th month of ''Shōji'' 2 (1200).〔Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). 〕 During the Sengoku Period, the northern part of the province was the fief of Ishida Mitsunari, Tokugawa Ieyasu's opponent at the Battle of Sekigahara, although he spent most of his time in Osaka Castle administering the fief of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's young son. After Ishida's defeat, Tokugawa granted the fief to his allies, the Ii clan, who built the castle and town of Hikone from the ruins of Sawayama. Takebe taisha was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (''ichinomiya'') for the province. 〔("Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 1. ); retrieved 2011-08-09〕 During the Edo Period, it was host to five stations of the Tōkaidō and eight stations of the Nakasendō. The southern part of the province around the town of Kōka (Koga) was the home of the famous Koga Ninja, one of the two main founding schools of ninjutsu. 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「Ōmi Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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