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was a province of Japan, located in Kinai. It overlaps the southern part of modern Kyoto Prefecture on Honshū.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Yamashiro" in .〕 Aliases include , the rare , and . It is classified as an upper province in the ''Engishiki''. Yamashiro Province included Kyoto itself, as in 794 AD Yamashiro became the seat of the imperial court, and, during the Muromachi Period, was the seat of the Ashikaga Shogunate as well. The capital remained in Yamashiro until its de facto move to Tokyo in the 1870s. ==History== "Yamashiro" was formerly written with the characters meaning "mountain" () and "area" (); in the 7th century, there were things built listing the name of the province with the characters for "mountain" and "ridge"/"back" (). On 4 December 794 (8 Shimotsuki, 13th year of Enryaku), at the time of the christening of Heian-kyō, because of the resultant scenic beauty when Emperor Kammu made his castle utilizing the natural surroundings, the ''shiro'' was finally changed to "castle" (). Just from Nara Period writings, it is apparent that the "area" () and "ridge" () listings coexisted. The provincial capital, according to the ''Wamyō Ruijushō'', was . In the ''Shūgaishō'', Otokuni District is mentioned as the seat, as well as in the ''Setsuyōshū''. As for the ''shugo''s mansion, at first, Yamashiro Province shugo and Kyoto shugo were concurrent posts, so the Kyoto shugo's ''kogenin''’s mansion had to be allotted. Afterwards, the ''Rokuhara tandai'' came to be an additional post, and that became the shugo as well. In the Muromachi Period, Yamashiro Province was divided with the Uji River as the border into two districts, and each came to be assigned a shugo, so one shugo resided in Uji Makishima, whereas the other resided in various places around Yodo and such. 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「Yamashiro Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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