Rikuzen Province

Former province of Japan

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Rikuzen highlighted

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.

History

• January 19, 1869: Rikuzen is separated from Mutsu Province.
• 1872: A census estimates the population at 534,609.

Historical districts

Rikuzen Province consisted of fourteen districts:

• Iwate Prefecture
  • Kesen District (気仙郡)
• Miyagi Prefecture
  • Kami District (加美郡)
  • Kurihara District (栗原郡) - dissolved
  • Kurokawa District (黒川郡)
  • Miyagi District (宮城郡)
  • Monou District (桃生郡) - dissolved
  • Motoyoshi District (本吉郡)
  • Natori District (名取郡) - dissolved
  • Oshika District (牡鹿郡)
  • Shibata District (柴田郡)
  • Shida District (志田郡)- dissolved
  • Tamatsukuri District (玉造郡) - dissolved
  • Tōda District (遠田郡)
  • Tome District (登米郡) - dissolved

See also

• Sanriku
• List of Provinces of Japan

Notes

1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 790, p. 790, at Google Books.

References

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

Other websites

Media related to Rikuzen Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903