Iwaki Province (1868)
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Iwaki (
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.
Historical districts
[edit]Iwaki Province consisted of fourteen districts:
- Miyagi Prefecture
- Igu District (
伊具 郡 ) - Katta District (
刈田 郡 ) - Watari District (
亘理 郡 )
- Igu District (
- 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 )
- Ishikawa District (
- 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
- Iwaki District (
- Nakadōri Region, Fukushima
See also
[edit]- Sanriku
- Iwaki Province (718), early forerunner.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Iwaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408, p. 408, 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 Iwaki Province (1868) at Wikimedia Commons