Rikuzen Province
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Rikuzen Province (陸前国 Rikuzen-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Miyagi and some parts of Iwate prefectures.[1] It was sometimes called Rikushū (陸州), with Rikuchū and Mutsu Provinces.
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[edit] History
- December 7, 1868 (January 19, 1869 according to the Gregorian calendar) Rikuzen is separated from Mutsu Province
- 1872 A census estimates the population at 534,609
[edit] Districts
- Kesen (気仙郡)
- Motoyoshi (本吉郡)
- Tome (登米郡)
- Kurihara (栗原郡)
- Tamatsukuri (玉造郡)
- Oshika (牡鹿郡)
- Monou (桃生郡)
- Tōda (遠田郡)
- Shida (志田郡)
- Kami (加美郡)
- Kurokawa (黒川郡)
- Miyagi (宮城郡)
- Natori (名取郡)
- Shibata (柴田郡)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 790 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
[edit] 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
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