Settsu
Settsu (摂津) is a historical province of Japan in the Kinai region. Its territory roughly corresponds to parts of today’s Osaka Prefecture and southern Hyōgo Prefecture, located along Osaka Bay and including sections of the Yodo River valley. The province served as an important coastal and inland linkage in ancient and medieval Japan, connecting inland Kyoto with port and coastal areas.
Historically, Settsu functioned as an administrative and economic center under the ritsuryō system and continued to
In the Meiji Restoration, the old provincial system was replaced by a prefectural framework. The lands of
In modern usage, the name Settsu survives in various toponyms and cultural references. The best-known example