Ishikari Province

Location of Ishikari Province c. 1869.

Ishikari Province (石狩いしかり国こく, Ishikari-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to modern-day Ishikari Subprefecture minus Chitose and Eniwa, all of Sorachi Subprefecture and the southern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture excluding Shimukappu

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido; and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Ishikari Province.

• August 15, 1869 Ishikari province established with 9 districts
• 1872 Census finds a population of 6,003
• 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.

Districts

• Ishikari (石狩いしかり郡ぐん)
• Sapporo (札幌さっぽろ郡ぐん) Dissolved September 1, 1996 when Hiroshima Town became Kitahiroshima City
• Yūbari (夕張ゆうばり郡ぐん)
• Kabato (樺戸かばと郡ぐん)
• Sorachi (空知そらち郡ぐん)
• Uryū (雨竜うりゅう郡ぐん)
• Kamikawa (上川かみかわ郡ぐん)
• Atsuta (厚田あつた郡ぐん)
• Hamamasu (浜益はまます郡ぐん)

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 Ishikari Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903