下総

From Old Japanese. Originally named 下捄(しもふさ) (Shimofusa, literally “lower Fusa”), after the ancient province of 捄国(ふさのくに) (Fusa no kuni, literally “province of Fusa”) was split into two provinces around the 6th and 7th centuries AD. Historically sometimes spelled しもつふさ (Shimotsufusa) with genitive particle つ (tsu), compare 上捄(かみつふさ) (Kamitsufusa).

The kanji spelling 下総 is first attested in AD 704.

• IPA^(key): [ɕimo̞ːsa̠]

下(しも)総(うさ) • (Shimōsa) ^{←しもふさ (Simofusa)?}

1. Shimōsa (a historical province of Japan, roughly corresponding to the northern part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)

• “〈下総〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025