- Mutsu Province (1868)
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See also: Mutsu Province
Rikuō (Mutsu) Province from 1869 onwards
Mutsu Province (陸奥国 Mutsu no kuni or), also called Rikuō Province (陸奥国 Rikuō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Iwate and Aomori prefecture.[1]
It was also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Rikushū (陸州). In the Meiji era, the province was cut down to cover only present-day Aomori and given the new name Rikuō Province, which retained the original kanji.[2]
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History
On December 7, 1868 (January 19, 1869 in the Gregorian calendar), four additional provinces (Rikuchū, Rikuzen, Iwaki, and Iwashiro) were separated from Mutsu, leaving only a rump corresponding to today's Aomori Prefecture. At the same time, while the characters of the name were unchanged, the official reading was changed to the on'yomi version "Rikuō".[2] This short-lived province was in turn abolished by the abolition of the han system and the nation-wide conversion to the prefectural structure of modern Japan in 1872.
Districts
- Tsugaru District (津軽郡)
- Kita District (北郡)
- Sannohe District (三戸郡)
- Ninohe District (二戸郡)
See also
- Mutsu Province
- Sanriku
- Tōhoku region
- Tōsandō
- Japanese battleship Mutsu, the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy warship named after the province.
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Mutsu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 676 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ^ a b 地名「三陸地方」の起源に関する地理学的ならびに社会学的問題PDF（岩手大学教育学部）
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691.
External links
- "Mutsu Province". SamuraiWiki. http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Mutsu_province. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
Former provinces of Japan (List) Kinai Tōkaidō Tōsandō Hokurikudō San'indō San'yōdō Nankaidō Saikaidō Hokkaidō
1869-1882Ancient pre-Taihō Code provinces included: Fusa · Hi · Keno · Kibi · Koshi · Kumaso · Toyo · Tsukushi
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Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780 at Google Books; excerpt,- "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."
Categories:- Old provinces of Japan
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