Oshima Province
Appearance
Oshima Province (
History
[edit]After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Oshima Province.[2]
- August 15, 1869 Oshima Province established with seven districts
- 1872 Census reports 75,830 inhabitants of the province
- July, 1881 Tsugaru District and Fukushima District merged to form Matsumae District, reducing the number of districts to six.
- 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.
Districts
[edit]- Kameda (
亀田 郡 , -gun)) - Kayabe (
茅部 郡 ) - Kamiiso (
上磯 郡 ) - Fukushima (
福島 郡 ), merged with Tsugaru District in 1881 to form Matsumae District - Tsugaru (
津軽 郡 ), merged with Fukushima District in 1881 to form Matsumae District - Hiyama (
檜山 郡 ) - Nishi (
爾志 郡 )
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.
- ^ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88., p. 33, 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