Provinces of Japan (令制国, Ryōseikoku) were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868. Provinces were established in Japan in the...
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In many instances, these are contiguous with the ancient ritsuryō provinces of Japan. Each prefecture's chief executive is a directly elected governor...
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North Korea Special cities of South Korea For comparison, see: Provinces of France Provinces of Ireland Provinces of Japan 1. Pronounced "Ho-suh," not...
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Hitachi Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period it was associated with Hitachi Province. In Meiji era the political maps of the provinces of Japan were reformed...
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Etchū Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west...
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Nagato Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
province of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshū, in the area that is today Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami and Suō Provinces. Although...
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Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (in Japanese 六十余州名所図会 Rokujūyoshū Meisho Zue) is a series of ukiyo-e prints by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797–1858)...
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Iwashiro Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
dissolved Iwase Province Sanriku List of Provinces of Japan Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwashiro" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 410, p. 410, at Google...
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Rikuzen Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
District (登米郡) - dissolved Sanriku List of Provinces of Japan Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 790, p. 790, at Google...
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Shinano Province (category Former provinces of Japan)
province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The...
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