Mino Province
Historical province located in the southern part of present-day Gifu Prefecture. Used in historical contexts.
Mino was one of the old provinces of Japan, corresponding to the southern part of present-day Gifu Prefecture.
minoban (paper size, 273×394 mm)
Standard kanji spelling for the historical province.
Search-only kanji form; not used in modern writing.
The name 美濃 (Mino) is of ancient origin, likely derived from the earlier reading みの (Mino) of uncertain etymology. The kanji 美濃 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) assigned later.