Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni^?) was an old province of Japan, made up of the present-day prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. 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 prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 sub-national Jurisdictions one "metropolis" (都 to) Tokyo; one " circuit WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region on Honshū island WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on Honshū island Kazuno (鹿角市 -shi is a city located in Akita, Japan. As of 2003 the city has an estimated Population of 38006 and the Kosaka (小坂町 -machi is a town located in Kazuno District, Akita, Japan. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Japan It was also known as Ōshū (奥州), although that term usually referred to the combined provinces of Mutsu and Dewa. is an old province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka

Contents 1 Historical record 2 Districts 2.1 Under Ritsuryō 2.2 Districts during the Meiji Era 3 References

Historical record

Mutsu Province, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu and became the largest as it expanded northward. or Honshu is the largest Island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of ʔáinu (also called Ezo in historical texts are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. The ancient capital was in modern Miyagi Prefecture.

In the 3rd month of 2nd year of the Wadō era (709), there was an uprising against governmental authority in Mutsu Province and in nearby Echigo Province. was a after Keiun and before Reiki. This period spanned the years from 708 through 715. The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common Calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era Events By Place Europe Saelred becomes king of Essex. Ceolred becomes king of Mercia, after was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side northernmost part of the Hokurikudō (北陸道）circuit Troops were promptly dispatched to subdue the revolt. ^[1]

In Wadō 5 (712), the land of Mutsu Province was administratively separated from Dewa Province. Events By Place Europe Ansprand succeeds Aripert as king of the Lombards. is an old province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka Empress Gemmei's Daijō-kan continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period, as in the following year when Mimasaka Province was divided from Bizen Province; Hyūga Province was sundered from Osumi Province; and Tamba Province was severed from Tango Province. (661 &ndash December 29 721 was the 43rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession The was the Department of State in Nara and Heian period Japan and briefly under the Meiji Constitution. A cadastre (also spelled cadaster) is a comprehensive register of the Metes and bounds real property of a country and commonly includes details of The of the History of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Mimasaka (美作国 -no kuni) or Sakushu (作州 sakushū) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is Bizen (備前国 -no kuni) was a province of Japan on the Inland Sea side of Honshū, in what is today the southeastern part Hyūga (日向国 Hyūga -no kuni) was an old province of Japan on the east coast of Kyūshū, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki prefecture was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. was an old province of Japan that included both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyōgo Prefecture. was an old province in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. ^[1]

During the Sengoku period various clans ruled different parts of the province. The Uesugi clan had a castle town at Wakamatsu in the south, the Nambu clan at Morioka in the north, and Date Masamune, a close ally of the Tokugawa, established Sendai, which is now the largest town of the Tōhoku region. The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Fujiwara clan and particularly notable for their power in the Muromachi and Sengoku periods (roughly 14th-17th Aizuwakamatsu (会津若松市 -shi is a city located in the Aizu region of Fukushima, Japan. The was a Japanese samurai clan originating in northern Japan specifically Mutsu Province (the northeast coast of Honshū) is the capital city of Iwate prefecture Japan. As of 2003 the city has an estimated Population of 287672 and the density of 588 ( September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period through early Edo period. The was a powerful Daimyo family of Japan. They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880 and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji by the is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast region The is a geographical area of Japan. Tōhoku is Japanese for "northeast" and the Tōhoku region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshū

In the Meiji period, four new provinces were created from parts of Mutsu: Rikuchū, Rikuzen, Iwaki, and Iwashiro. 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 was an old province of Japan which covered most of modern-day Iwate prefecture, with the exceptions of Kesen District, Rikuzentakata City Ōfunato Rikuzen (陸前国 -no kuni is an old province of Japan, which today composes the most part of Miyagi Prefecture and some parts of Iwate Prefecture is an old province of Japan established in Meiji Era. It is now the western half of modern Fukushima Prefecture which is located in the southern part of the

The area that is now Aomori Prefecture continued to be part of Mutsu until the Abolition of the han system and the nation-wide conversion to the prefectural structure of modern Japan. The was an act in 1871 of the new Meiji government of the Empire of Japan to replace the traditional feudal domain ( han) system and to introduce

Districts

Under Ritsuryō

• Iwase District (磐瀬郡)
• Aizu District (会津郡)
• Yama District (耶麻郡)
• Asaka District (安積郡)
• Adachi District (安達郡)
• Shinobu District (信夫郡)
• Katta District (刈田郡)
• Shibata District (柴田郡)
• Natori District (名取郡)
• Kikuta District (菊田郡) (now within Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture)
• Iwaki District (磐城郡)
• Shineha District (標葉郡)
• Namegata District (行方郡)
• Uda District (宇多郡)
• Esashi District (江刺郡)
• Igu District (伊具郡)
• Watari District (亘理郡)
• Miyagi District (宮城郡)
• Kurokawa District (黒川郡)
• Kami District (賀美郡)
• Shikama District (色麻郡)
• Tamatsukuri District (玉造郡)
• Shida District (志太郡)
• Kurihara District (栗原郡)
• Iwai District (磐井郡) (split into Higashiiwai and Nishiiwai districts in Iwate Prefecture)
• Isawa District (膽沢郡)
• Nagaoka District (長岡郡) (distinct from the one in Kōchi Prefecture)
• Niita District (新田郡) (distinct from the one in Gunma Prefecture)
• Oda District (小田郡)]] (now in the city of Tome, Miyagi Prefecture)
• Tōda District (遠田郡)
• Kesen District (気仙郡)
• Oshika District (牡鹿郡)
• Tome District (登米郡)
• Monou District (桃生郡)
• Ōnuma District (大沼郡)

Districts during the Meiji Era

• Tsugaru District (津軽郡)
• Kita District (北郡)
• Sannohe District (三戸郡)
• Ninohe District (二戸郡)

References

• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. Isaac Titsingh ( 10 January 1745 in Amsterdam – 2 February 1812 in Paris) was a Dutch surgeon scholar merchant-trader (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. Hayashi Gahō (林鵞峰 (1618 &ndash 1688 also known as Hayashi Shunsai, was a Japanese Neo-Confucian scholar teacher and administrator in the system of is a 17th century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings during each period par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re. , complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Julius Heinrich Klaproth (1783-1835 German Orientalist and traveller Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (RAS was according to its Royal Charter of August 11, 1824 ...Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
• Mutsu Province. SamuraiWiki. Retrieved on 2008-01-16. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.

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