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Former provinces of Japan
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List
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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'
."
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:
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