Jiangnan Province - Jiangnan Province (English spelling)

Japanese: 江南省 - こうなんしょう（英語表記）Jiāng nán shěng

An old Chinese province name. In 1645 (Shunzhi 2), the Ming Dynasty province of Nanzhili was renamed Jiangnan. The provincial capital was Jiangning Prefecture, which is now Nanjing, and the province's area corresponds to the two provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu today. In 67 (Kangxi 6), it was divided into the two provinces of today, but customarily, the two provinces were often referred to as Jiangnan. [Kono Michihiro]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の古い省名。1645年(順治2)に明代の南直隷(省)を江南省と改称したもの。省都は今の南京市にあたる江寧府で，省の範囲は現在の安徽･江蘇の2省にあたる。67年(康熙6)今の2省に分割されたが，習慣上，その後もこの両省をあわせて江南と呼ぶことが多かった。【河野通博】

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