. . "Mikawa Province (\u4E09\u6CB3\u56FD, Mikawa no kuni) in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Its abbreviated form name was Sansh\u016B (\u4E09\u5DDE or \u53C2\u5DDE). Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and T\u014Dt\u014Dmi Provinces.Mikawa is classified as one of the provinces of the T\u014Dkaid\u014D. Under the Engishiki classification system, Mikawa was ranked as a \u201Csuperior country\u201D (\u4E0A\u56FD) and a \u201Cnear country\u201D (\u8FD1\u56FD) in terms of its distance from the capital."@en .