Provinces of Japan (令制国, Ryōseikoku) were first-level administrative divisions of Japan from the 600s to 1868. Provinces were established in Japan in the...

In many instances, these are contiguous with the ancient ritsuryō provinces of Japan. Each prefecture's chief executive is a directly elected governor...

North Korea Special cities of South Korea For comparison, see: Provinces of France Provinces of Ireland Provinces of Japan 1. Pronounced "Ho-suh," not...

province of Japan located in what is today part of western Mie Prefecture. Its abbreviated name was Ishū (伊州). Iga is classified as one of the provinces of the...

Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period it was associated with Hitachi Province. In Meiji era the political maps of the provinces of Japan were reformed...

province of Japan. It was at the extreme western end of Honshū, in the area that is today Yamaguchi Prefecture. Nagato bordered on Iwami and Suō Provinces. Although...

province of Japan that is now Nagano Prefecture. Shinano bordered on Echigo, Etchū, Hida, Kai, Kōzuke, Mikawa, Mino, Musashi, Suruga, and Tōtōmi Provinces. The...

a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Yamanashi Prefecture. Kai bordered on Sagami, Suruga, Shinano and Musashi Provinces. Its abbreviated...

(伊豆国, Izu-no kuni) was a province of Japan in the area of Shizuoka Prefecture. Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was...

provinces of France The former provinces of Ireland The former provinces of Japan The former provinces of Portugal The provinces of Prussia, a former German...

Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (in Japanese 六十余州名所図会 Rokujūyoshū Meisho Zue) is a series of ukiyo-e prints by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797–1858)...

Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 77691250 Media related to Owari Province at Wikimedia Commons Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903...

Philippines, provinces (Filipino: lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present...

Satsuma-no-Kuni) was an old province of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Its abbreviation was Sasshū...

Province List of Provinces of Japan List of Han Yamato period Japanese battleship Yamato Yamato people (Japanese) Yamato-damashii - 'the Japanese spirit' Thirteen...

Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji. During the Edo period of Japanese history, the Akō Domain (fief) was part of Harima. The Forty-seven...

District (登米郡) - dissolved Sanriku List of Provinces of Japan Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 790, p. 790, at Google...

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), and...

Province (越国, Koshi no Kuni) was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki. The region as a whole was sometimes...

in Ōhara-chō province of Mimasaka. During the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Higo Province were...

of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of...

Province (近江国, Ōmi no kuni) was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its...

Province (越国, Koshi-no-Kuni) was an ancient province of Japan and is listed as one of the original provinces in the Nihon Shoki. The region as a whole was sometimes...

(駿州). Suruga was one of the original provinces of Japan established in the Nara period under the Taihō Code. The original capital of the province was located...

a province of Japan in the area that is today Toyama Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Etchū bordered on Noto and Kaga Provinces to the west...

feudal Japan. They were each appointed by the shogun to oversee one or more of the provinces of Japan. The position gave way to the emergence of the daimyo...

dissolved Iwase Province Sanriku List of Provinces of Japan Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwashiro" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 410, p. 410, at Google...

surrounded by the Sea of Japan. Noto bordered on Etchū and Kaga provinces to the south, and was surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the east, north and...

was a province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture. Sagami Province bordered the provinces of Izu, Musashi, and...

Dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 77691250 Media related to Shimosa Province at Wikimedia Commons Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903...