Dewa Province
Dewa
(出羽国; -no kuni) is an
old province
of Japan, which today composes
Yamagata prefecture
and
Akita prefecture
, except for the city of
Kazuno
and the town of
Kosaka
. Dewa was split from
Echigo
in
708
, and slowly stretched north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern
Honshu
. In the
Sengoku
period the southern region around Yamagata was held by the Mogami clan and the northern part by the Akita clan, both of which fought for
Tokugawa Ieyasu
at the
Battle of Sekigahara
. Dewa was divided into
Uzen
and
Ugo
in the
Meiji Period
before being reorganized into prefectures.
Dewa
from
Indonesian
means
Gods
. There are many Gods in
Hindu
religion and 3 prime Gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. For more read
Hindu Deities/Gods
There is also a local band from Indonesia named
Dewa
http://www.dewa19.net/
.
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