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:''The characters ''泉州'' are also used for the name of the Chinese city of Quanzhou''. was a province of Japan.〔Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in .〕 It is also referred to as . It lay in Kinai, and its area today composes the south-western part of Osaka Prefecture (south of the Yamato River; not including the city of Osaka itself). The Ōshōji in Sakai was the border with Settsu Province, until the beginning of the Meiji period, when the boundary was changed to be at the Yamato River. Izumi was classified as a lower province in the Engishiki. The northern part was called , and the southern part . Izumi included the southern portion of the large seaport of Sakai, and was usually held by whomever ruled Osaka Castle and Settsu Province. ==Name== The name "Izumi" means , but is written with two characters, the character for 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. 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「Izumi Province」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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