Tsushima Province 対馬国 | |||||||||||
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Province of Japan | |||||||||||
7th century–1871 | |||||||||||
![]() Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Tsushima Province highlighted | |||||||||||
Capital | Shimoagata District | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1871 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Tsushima, Nagasaki |
Tsushima Province (対馬国, Tsushima-no kuni) was an old province of Japan on Tsushima Island which occupied the area corresponding to modern-day Tsushima, Nagasaki.[1] It was sometimes called Taishū (対州) .