Izumi Province - Name

Name

The name “Izumi” means “fountain” or “spring” (泉?), but is written with two characters, the character for “peace” (和?) being prepended due to an imperial edict in 713. This character does not play into the reading.

Because the provincial capital was in modern Fuchū town, Izumi city, Osaka Prefecture, the city adopted the name of the province as its name.

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