Kaga Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Kaga Province highlighted

Kaga Province (加賀国, Kaga no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today the southern part of Ishikawa Prefecture. It was sometimes called Kashū (加州).

Ruled by the Maeda clan, the capital of Kaga was Kanazawa. Kaga bordered on Echizen, Etchū, Hida, and Noto Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Kaga was the last province under Provinces of Japan enactment system by 823.

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