Echizen Province

Echizen Province (越前えちぜん国こく, Echizen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukui Prefecture on the island of Honshū.^[1] Along with Etchū and Echigo Provinces, it was sometimes called Esshū (越こし州しゅう).

The ancient capital city of the province was at Echizen.

History

The boundaries of Echizen were formally established during the reigns of Empress Genshō and Empress Kōken.^[2]

Before the boundaries were established, this area including Etchū and Echigo were called Koshi.^[3]

In the Edo period, the daimyo of Fukui Domain lived at Fukui.

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Echizen Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[4]

Facilities

Echizen Provincial office was established in Nyū (丹生にゅう郡ぐん, Nyū-gun).^[5]

Kehi jingū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Echizen.^[6]

Ōmushi jinja was estublished in Suishin emperor 7. It is written in “Engishiki Jinmyoutyou” and the old status of a Shinto shrine is prefectural shrine.^[7]

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echizen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.
↑ Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano
↑ 吉田よしだ, 耿介 (1991). 福井ふくい県けん大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん. 福井新聞社ふくいしんぶんしゃ. p. 110.
↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
↑ "越前えちぜん国府こくふ". komatsu0513.heteml.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
↑ "福井ふくい県けん神社じんじゃ庁ちょう｜大虫おおむし神社じんじゃ". jinja-fukui.jp. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

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Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echizen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.

[meyners172-2] Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and Shinano

[3] 吉田よしだ, 耿介 (1991). 福井ふくい県けん大だい百科ひゃっか事典じてん. 福井新聞社ふくいしんぶんしゃ. p. 110.

[4] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

[5] "越前えちぜん国府こくふ". komatsu0513.heteml.jp. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

[6] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.

[7] "福井ふくい県けん神社じんじゃ庁ちょう｜大虫おおむし神社じんじゃ". jinja-fukui.jp. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

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v t e Provinces of Japan
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 Ugo 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."