Iwaki Province (1868)

Iwaki (磐城国, Iwaki-no kuni) was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture.^[1] It was sometimes called Banshū (磐州).

History[edit]

This iteration of Iwaki Province was established during the Meiji Era. It was cut out of Mutsu Province and corresponded to the eastern part of what is now modern Fukushima Prefecture on December 17 of 1868 of Japanese calendar, which is January 19, 1869 of Gregorian calendar. Its population in 1872 was 348,608.

Iwaki Province consisted of fourteen districts:

Miyagi Prefecture
- Igu District (伊具郡)
- Katta District (刈田郡)
- Watari District (亘理郡)
Fukushima Prefecture
- Nakadōri Region, Fukushima
  - Ishikawa District (石川郡)
  - Shirakawa District (白川郡, a.k.a. Higashishirakawa or East Shirakawa)
  - Shirakawa District (白河郡, a.k.a. Nishishirakwa or West Shirakawa)
  - Tamura District (田村郡)
- Hamadōri Region, Fukushima
  - Iwaki District (磐城郡) - absorbed Iwasaki and Kikuta Districts to become a new and expanded Iwaki District (石城郡) on April 1, 1896
  - Iwasaki District (磐前郡) - merged into Iwaki District (along with Kikuta District) on April 1, 1896
  - Kikuta District (菊多郡) - merged into Iwaki District (along with Iwasaki District) on April 1, 1896
  - Namekata District (行方郡) - merged with Uda District to become Sōma District on April 1, 1896
  - Naraha District (楢葉郡) - merged with Shineha District to become Futaba District on April 1, 1896
  - Shineha District (標葉郡) - merged with Naraha District to become Futaba District on April 1, 1896
  - Uda District (宇多郡) - merged with Namekata District to become Sōma District on April 1, 1896

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v t e Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 Ugo 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."