Uzen Province
Uzen Province (羽前国, Uzen no Kuni, Japanese pronunciation: [ɯꜜ.(d)zeɴ, ɯꜜ.(d)zen no kɯ.ɲi][1]) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture (consisting mostly minus Akumi District).[2] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Ugo Province.
This province was in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island. It was the place where the Mogami clan was established.
Historical districts
[edit]Uzen Province consisted of ten districts:
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Mogami District (最上郡)
- Murayama District (村山郡)
- Higashimurayama District (東村山郡)
- Kitamurayama District (北村山郡)
- Minamimurayama District (南村山郡) - dissolved
- Nishimurayama District (西村山郡)
- Okitama District (置賜郡)
- Higashiokitama District (東置賜郡)
- Minamiokitama District (南置賜郡) - dissolved
- Nishiokitama District (西置賜郡)
- Tagawa District (田川郡)
- Higashitagawa District (東田川郡)
- Nishitagawa District (西田川郡) - dissolved
Notes
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōmi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 750, p. 750, 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
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