Hitachi Province
Hitachi Province | |||||||
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Province of Japan | |||||||
7th century–1871 | |||||||
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Capital | Hitachi Kokufu and Mito | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||
• Disestablished | 1871 | ||||||
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Today part of | Ibaraki Prefecture |
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Hitachi Province (
History
[edit]The ancient provincial capital (Hitachi Kokufu) and temple (Hitachi Kokubun-ji) were located near modern Ishioka and have been excavated, while the chief shrine was further east at Kashima (Kashima Shrine). The province was established in the 7th century.
In the Sengoku period the area was divided among several daimyōs, but the chief castle was usually in the Mito Castle of the modern city of Mito.
In Edo period, one of the clans originating from Tokugawa Ieyasu, settled in the Mito Domain, known as Mito Tokugawa family or Mito Clan. Mito 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 in the 1870s, and the provinces became prefectures, and also some provinces were modified or merged, when creating the prefectures.
Historical districts
[edit]- Ibaraki Prefecture
- Ibaraki District (
茨城 郡 ) - dissolved- Higashiibaraki District (
東茨城 郡 ) - Nishiibaraki District (
西茨城 郡 ) - dissolved
- Higashiibaraki District (
- Kashima District (
鹿島 郡 ) - dissolved - Kōchi District (
河内 郡 , こうちぐん、かわちぐん (Kōchi-gun, Kawachi-gun)) - merged with Shida District to become Inashiki District (稲敷 郡 ) on March 29, 1896 - Kōchi dissolved - Kuji District (
久慈 郡 ) - Makabe District (
真壁 郡 ) - dissolved - Naka District (
那珂 郡 ) - Namegata District (
行方 郡 ) - dissolved - Niihari District (
新治 郡 ) - dissolved - Shida District (
信太 郡 ) - merged with Kōchi District to become Inashiki District on March 29, 1896 - Shida dissolved - Taga District (
多賀 郡 ) - dissolved - Tsukuba District (
筑波 郡 ) - dissolved
- Ibaraki District (
History books about Japan
[edit]Two renowned history books about Japan were written in this province:
- Jinnō Shōtōki (Chronicles of the Authentic Lineages of the Divine Emperors), in the 14th century Kitabatake Chikafusa in the Oda Castle wrote it.
- Dai Nihonshi (Great History of Japan), in the 17th century Tokugawa Mitsukuni beginning his composition, work was continued until its completion in the Meiji era.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hitachi fudoki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 336, p. 336, 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
External links
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