was a Japanese province in the area of Nara Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was a short-lived special division of the provinces of Japan, a part of Kinai. It was composed of only one district, . Its extent roughly coincides with that of today's Yoshino District plus Gojō city.
Yoshino was established by separating Yoshino District from Yamato Province. The time of its founding is unknown, but it is thought that it happened at around the same time as the establishment of in 716. The unit name “” () was different from the “” () of normal provinces. No record remains of the reasons for their establishment. Both new provinces were unusually small and contained secondary palaces: the in the Yoshino province and the Chinu Palace in Izumi.
Yoshino Province was abolished some time after the year 738 and its territory was absorbed back into Yamato Province.
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Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
Daimyo-issued banknote from Yamato-Washu Province, 1744-1748
Former provinces of Japan
History of Nara Prefecture
