Awa Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today Tokushima Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Awa was bordered by Tosa, Sanuki, and Iyo Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Ashū. I
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Awa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting the Naruto whirlpools