Rikuzen Province (陸前国, Rikuzen-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Miyagi Prefecture (excluding Igu, Katta and Watari Districts) and parts of Iwate Prefecture (specifically Kesen District).[1] It was sometimes called Rikushū (陸州), with Rikuchū and Mutsu Provinces.
History edit
- January 19, 1869: Rikuzen is separated from Mutsu Province.
- 1872: A census estimates the population at 534,609.
Historical districts edit
Rikuzen Province consisted of fourteen districts:
- Iwate Prefecture
- Kesen District (気仙郡)
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Kami District (加美郡)
- Kurihara District (栗原郡) - dissolved
- Kurokawa District (黒川郡)
- Miyagi District (宮城郡)
- Monou District (桃生郡) - dissolved
- Motoyoshi District (本吉郡)
- Natori District (名取郡) - dissolved
- Oshika District (牡鹿郡)
- Shibata District (柴田郡)
- Shida District (志田郡)- dissolved
- Tamatsukuri District (玉造郡) - dissolved
- Tōda District (遠田郡)
- Tome District (登米郡) - dissolved
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 790, p. 790, at Google Books.
References edit
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Other websites edit
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