Chishima (千島国, -no kuni) was a province of Japan created during the Meiji Era. Before the modern prefecture system was established the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni (国 countries) usually known in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July It originally contained the Kurile Islands from Kunashiri northwards, and later incorporated Shikotan as well. The Kuril Islands (ˈkʊrɪl or /ˈkjuˈriˈl/ Кури́льские острова́ əstrʌˈva ru-Latn ''Kuril'skie ostrova'' or Kurile Islands in Russia Kunashir Island (Кунаши́р 国後島 Kunashiri) meaning Black Island in Ainu) is the southernmost island of the Kuril Islands Shikotan, both in Russian (Шикотан and Japanese (色丹島 and one of the bigger islands of the Kuril Islands, is located in the Sakhalin Its original territory is currently occupied by Russia, and its later territory was renounced in the San Francisco Treaty (see Kuril Island conflict)
History
- August 15, 1869 Chishima Province created with 5 districts. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Attending countries Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile The Kuril Island dispute ( Russian: Проблема принадлежности Курильских островов Japanese: 北方領土問題 Hoppō The was most recently used as an administrative unit in Japan between 1878 and 1921 and is roughly equivalent to the County of the United States, ranking at the level below
- 1872 The population was counted as 437
- November, 1875 Karafuto (Sakhalin) ceded to Russia in exchange for Kuril Islands in the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875). Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated The was signed on 7 May 1875 between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia. Kuril Islands divided into 3 new districts
- January, 1885 Shikotan Island transferred from Nemuro Province. Shikotan, both in Russian (Шикотан and Japanese (色丹島 and one of the bigger islands of the Kuril Islands, is located in the Sakhalin was an old province in Japan in what is today Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō. Becomes Shikotan District. is a district located on Shikotan Island claimed by Japan as part of Nemuro Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.
Districts
- Kunashiri (国後郡) (occupied and administered by Russia, see Kuril Island conflict)
- Etorofu (択捉郡) (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Furebetsu (振別郡) (dissolved April, 1923 when its villages merged with several villages in Shana and Etorofu districts to form the village of Rubetsu in Etorofu)
- Shana (紗那郡) (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Shibetoro (蘂取郡) (occupied and administered by Russia)
- Shikotan (色丹郡) (split off of Hanasaki District in 1885; currently occupied and administered by Russia)
- Uruppu (得撫郡) Acquired in Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875), ceded in San Francisco Treaty
- Shimushiro (新知郡) Acquired in Treaty of Saint Petersburg, ceded in San Francisco Treaty
- Shumushu (占守郡) Acquired in Treaty of Saint Petersburg, ceded in San Francisco Treaty
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