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The geography and administrative subdivisions of Japan have evolved and changed during the course of its history. These were sometimes grouped according to geographic position.
[1]
[2]
Yamashiro
Yamato (northern
Nara without Yoshino)
Yoshino (created from Yamato in 716, later rejoined back in 738)
Kawachi
Izumi (created in 716 from Kawachi, then rejoined back in 740, later re-split in 757)
southern/southwestern
Osaka
Settsu
northeastern
Hyōgo including
Kōbe city
northern/northwestern
Osaka including Osaka city
Tōkaidō literally means 'Eastern Sea Way'.
[3] The term also identifies a series of roads connecting the 15 provincial capitals of the region.
[4]
Iga (created in 680 from Ise)
Ise
central/northern/southern
Mie
Shima (created at the beginning of the 8th century from Ise)
Owari
Mikawa
Tōtōmi
Suruga
Izu (created 680 from Suruga)
Kai
Sagami
Musashi (transferred in 771 from Tōsandō)
Awa (created in 718 from Kazusa, then rejoined back in 741, later re-split in 781)
Kazusa (broke off from
Fusa in the 7th century)
Shimōsa (broke off from Fusa in the 7th century)
Hitachi
The Tōsandō is a region which straddles the central mountains of northern
Honshū .
[5] The descriptive name also refers to a series of roads connecting the provincial capitals.
[4] Tōsandō included
Musashi Province after 711.
[5]
Ōmi
Mino
Hida
Shinano
Suwa (created in 721 from Shinano, later rejoined back in 731)
Kōzuke (broke off from
Kenu during the 4th century)
Shimotsuke (broke off from Kenu during the 4th century)
Uzen (broke off from
Dewa during the
Meiji Restoration in 1868)
Ugo (broke off from Dewa during the Meiji Restoration in 1868)
Mutsu (created in the 7th century from Hitachi)
Iwashiro (created during the
Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
Iwaki (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
Rikuchū (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
Rikuzen (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
Wakasa
Echizen (broke off from
Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
Kaga (created in 823 from Echizen)
Noto (created in 718 from Echizen, then occupied in 741 by Etchū, later re-split in 757 from Etchū)
Etchū (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
Echigo (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
Sado (occupied in 743 by Echigo, later re-split in 752)
Harima
southern/southwestern
Hyōgo
Mimasaka (created in 713 from Bizen)
Bizen (broke off from
Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
Bitchū (broke off from Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
Bingo (broke off from Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
Aki
Suō
Nagato
Buzen (broke off from
Toyo at the end of the 7th century)
Bungo (broke off from Toyo at the end of the 7th century)
Chikuzen (broke off from
Tsukushi no later than the end of the 7th century)
Chikugo (broke off from Tsukushi no later than the end of the 7th century)
Hizen (broke off from
Hi no later than the end of the 7th century)
Higo (broke off from Hi no later than the end of the 7th century)
Hyūga
Ōsumi (created in 702 from Hyūga)
Tane (created in 702 from Hyūga, later occupied in 824 by Ōsumi)
Satsuma (created in 702 from Hyūga)
Iki (officially Iki-shima )
Tsushima (officially Tsushima-jima )
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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' ."
^ Henry Smith's Home Page
http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/19th/kuni_vs_ken.gif
^ Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō " at
p. 973 , p. 973, at
Google Books .
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a
b
Titsingh, Isaac . (1834).
Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57. , p. 57, at
Google Books
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a
b Nussbaum, "Tōsandō " at
p. 988 , p. 988, at
Google Books .