Ugo Province

Former province of Japan
Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted

Ugo Province (羽後国, Ugo-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture[1] and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).[2] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Uzen Province.

Historical districts

Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:

  • Yamagata Prefecture
    • Akumi District (飽海郡)
  • Akita Prefecture
    • Akita District (秋田郡)
      • Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
      • Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
    • Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
    • Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
    • Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
    • Semboku District (仙北郡)
    • Yamamoto District (山本郡)
    • Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved

Notes

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.
  2. ^ Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.

References

Other websites

Media related to Ugo Province at Wikimedia Commons

  • Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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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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