Uzen Province

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Map of the former Japanese provinces with Uzen highlighted

Uzen Province (羽前国 Uzen-no kuni?) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture.[1] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州?), with Ugo Province.

This province was in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island. It was the place where the Mogami clan was established.

[edit] Districts

  • Tagawa (田川郡)
  • Mogami (最上郡)
  • Murayama (村山郡)
  • Okitama (置賜郡)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōmi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 750 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.

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