Iwase Province

Iwase Province

nihongo|Iwase Province|石背国|Iwase no Kuni is an old province of Japan lasting for a brief period of time in Nara period in what is now western Fukushima Prefecture

The Yōrō Ritsuryo established the Iwase Province in 718 through the division of the Michinoku Province ( [Mutsu Province). It was composed of five districts of Shirakawa (白河), Iwase (石背), Aizu (会津), Asaka (安積) and Shinobu (信夫). It returned to Michinoku some time between 722 and 724.


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