Ise Province

[1] Ise bordered on Iga, Kii, Mino, Ōmi, Owari, Shima, and Yamato Provinces.

The name of Ise appears in the earliest written records of Japan, and was the site of numerous religious and folkloric events connected with the Shinto religion and Yamato court.

After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ise was divided into several feudal han, the largest of which was Tsu Domain.

At the time of the Bakumatsu period, the feudal domains within Ise Province included the following: After the start of the Meiji period, with the abolition of the han system in 1871, Ise was joined with former Iga and Shima provinces to form the new Mie Prefecture formally created on April 18, 1876.

The name "Ise Province" continued to exist as a geographical anachronism for certain official purposes.