Iwaki Province (1868) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iwaki Province (磐城国, Iwaki-no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] It was sometimes called Ōshū (奥州).[2] The history of the province started in 1868 and ended in 1869.
History
[change | change source]During the Edo period and early Meiji period, the Date clan were daimyo in the area.[3]
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Related pages
[change | change source]- Iwaki Province (718)
- Provinces of Japan
- Prefectures of Japan
- List of regions of Japan
- List of islands of Japan
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408.
- ↑ Murdoch, James. (1903). A History of Japan, Vol. 3. p. 794.
- ↑ Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Date, pp. 5 [PDF 9 of 80]; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-8.
Other websites
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