Kaga Province

was an old province in the area of Ishikawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It was sometimes called .
History.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kaga Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples.
"Shirayamahime jinja" was the chief Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") of Kaga.