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Rikuzen Province

November 15, 2023

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.

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Rikuzen highlighted

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:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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

  Media related to Rikuzen Province at Wikimedia Commons

  • Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903


 

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