Chishima Province
Chishima Province (
The boundaries of this ancient province are generally mirrored in part of what is today called Nemuro Subprefecture.
History
[change | change source]After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido.[2] Regional subdivisions were established. Chishima Province was one of the new entities which were created in 1869.[3]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan including Chishima Province were reformed in the 1870s.[4]
In 1882, Chishima and the other ten provinces of Hokkaido were reorganized as Hakodate Prefecture, Sapporo Prefecture and Nemuro Prefecture.[5]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ See Chishima Islands dispute; and compare en:Kuril Islands dispute
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343.
- ↑ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 33; Great Britain Parliament. (1887). House of Commons Papers, Vol. 101, p. 77.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Great Britain Parliament, p. 78.
Other websites
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