Rikuchū Province
Rikuchū Province (陸中国, Rikuchū no kuni) was an old province in the area of Iwate and Akita Prefectures.[1] It was sometimes called Rikushū (陸州), with Rikuzen and Mutsu Provinces.
Rikuchu covered most of modern-day Iwate Prefecture: with the exceptions of Ninohe District, Ninohe City, the northern portion of Hachimantai City, and the northern portion of Kuzumaki Town; Kesen District, Rikuzentakata City, Ōfunato City, and the southern portion of Kamaishi City; but also including Kazuno City and Kosaka Town in Akita Prefecture.
Rikuchū was created shortly after the Meiji Restoration out of part of Mutsu Province.
History[edit]
- January 19, 1869: Rikuchu Province is separated from Mutsu Province
- 1872: A census estimates the population at 510,521
Historical districts[edit]
Rikuchū Province consisted of eighteen districts:
- Akita Prefecture
- Kazuno District (鹿角郡)
- Iwate Prefecture
- Isawa District (胆沢郡)
- Iwai District (磐井郡)
- Higashiiwai District (東磐井郡) - dissolved
- Nishiiwai District (西磐井郡)
- Iwate District (岩手郡)
- Kitaiwate District (北岩手郡) - merged with Minamiiwate District to re-create Iwate District on March 29, 1896
- Minamiiwate District (南岩手郡) - merged with Kitaiwate District to re-create Iwate District on March 29, 1896
- Esashi District (江刺郡) - dissolved
- Kunohe District (九戸郡)
- Kitakunohe District (北九戸郡) - merged with Minamikunohe District to re-create Kunohe District on March 29, 1896
- Minamikunohe District (南九戸郡) - merged with Kitakunohe District to re-create Kunohe District on March 29, 1896
- Shiwa District (紫波郡)
- Hienuki District (稗貫郡) - dissolved
- Hei District (閉伊郡)
- Higashihei District (東閉伊郡) - merged with Kitahei and Nakahei Districts to become Shimohei District (下閉伊郡) on March 29, 1896
- Kitahei District (北閉伊郡) - merged with Higashihei and Nakahei Districts to become Shimohei District on March 29, 1896
- Minamihei District (南閉伊郡) - merged with Nishihei District to become Kamihei District (上閉伊郡) on March 29, 1896
- Nakahei District (中閉伊郡) - merged with Higashihei and Kitahei Districts to become Shimohei District on March 29, 1896
- Nishihei District (西閉伊郡) - merged with Minamihei District to become Kamihei District on March 29, 1896
- Waga District (和賀郡)
- Higashiwaga District (東和賀郡) - merged with Nishiwaga District to re-create Waga District on March 29, 1896
- Nishiwaga District (西和賀郡) - merged with Higashiwaga District to re-create Waga District on March 29, 1896
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuchū" 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 Rikuchu Province at Wikimedia Commons
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