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Rikuchū Province
was an old province in the area of Iwate and Akita Prefectures. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Rikuchū''" in . It was sometimes called , with Rikuzen and Mutsu Provinces. Rikuchu covered most of modern-day Iwate Prefecture: with the exceptions of Ninohe District, Ninohe City, the northern portion of Hachimantai City, and the northern portion of Kuzumaki Town; Kesen District, Rikuzentakata City, Ōfunato City, and the southern portion of Kamaishi City; but also including Kazuno City and Kosaka Town in Akita Prefecture. Rikuchū was created shortly after the Meiji Restoration out of part of Mutsu Province. History *January 19, 1869: Rikuchu Province is separated from Mutsu Province *1872: A census estimates the population at 510,521 Historical districts * Akita Prefecture ** Kazuno District (鹿角郡) * Iwate Prefecture ** Isawa District (胆沢郡) ** Iwai District (磐井郡) *** Higashiiwai District (東磐井郡) - dissolved *** Nishiiwai District ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Japan Rikuchu
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Mutsu Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa, which together make up the entire Tōhoku region. History Invasion by the Kinai government Mutsu, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture. * 709 ('' Wadō 2, 3rd month''), an uprising against governmental authority took place in Mutsu and in nearby Echigo Province. Troops were dispatched to subdue the revolt. * 712 (''Wadō 5''), Mutsu was separated from Dewa Province. Empress Genmei's ''Daijō-kan'' made cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunohe District, Iwate
is a rural district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 33,315 with a density of 43.6 per km2 and an area of 763.56 km2. The entire city of Kuji, and the most of the town of Kuzumaki were formerly part of Kunohe District. Towns and villages The district has two towns and two villages: * Hirono * Karumai * Kunohe *Noda History The ancient county of in Mutsu Province was divided into the counties of Ninohe, Sannohe, Kunohe and Kita in 1634. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Kunohe county consisted of 47 villages under the control of Hachinohe Domain, 10 villages under the control of Morioka Domain and one village under joint control. Following the Meiji restoration Kunohe came under the new province of Rikuchu Province, which became part of Iwate Prefecture in 1872. With the establishment of the district system in 1878, the area was divided into Kita-Kunohe District (32 villages) and Minami-Kunohe District (27 vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunohe District, Rikuchū
is a village located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 5,650 in 2177 households, and a population density of 42 persons per km². The total area of the village was . Geography Kunohe is located in north-central Iwate Prefecture, within the Kitakami Mountains, in the river valley of the Niida River. Over 70 percent of the village area is covered by mountains and forests. Portions of the village are within the borders of the Oritsume Basenkyō Prefectural Natural Park. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture *Ninohe * Karumai * Kuzumaki * Ichinohe *Kuji Climate Kunohe has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa '') characterized by mild summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. The average annual temperature in Kunohe is 8.9 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1280 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esashi District, Iwate
List of provinces of ancient Japan > Tōsandō > Rikuchu Province > Esashi District was a district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Timeline * April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal status enforcement, the following municipalities were formed. (1 town, 12 villages) ** The town of Iwayadō, the villages of Tawara, Fujisato, Ide, Yonesato, Tamasato, Yanagawa, Hirose, Inase, Odaki, Kuroishi and Hada (now part of the city of Ōshū) ** The village of Fukuoka (now part of the city of Kitakami) * April 1, 1954 (1 town, 9 villages) ** The villages of Kuroishi and Hada were merged with the town of Mizusawa, and the villages of Anetai, Shinjō and Sakurakawa (all from Isawa District) to create the city of Mizusawa. ** The village of Fukuoka was merged with the town of Kurosawaji, and the villages of Iitoyo, Futago, Saraki and Oniyanagi (all from Waga District), and the village of Aisari (from Isawa District) to create the city of Kitakami. * February 10, 1955 - The town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwate District, Iwate
is a rural district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 34,416 with a density of 24.5 per km2 and an area of 1404.24 km2. The entire city of Takizawa, the southern half of the city of Hachimantai and most of the city of Morioka were formerly part of Iwate District. Towns and villages The district consists of three towns: * Iwate * Kuzumaki *Shizukuishi History Under Mutsu Province Iwate District was the northernmost of the six districts of northern Mutsu Province (六奥郡）created in the early Heian period after the conquest of the Kitakami River Valley from the Emishi tribes by the Japanese army led by General Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. The districts were named by Emperor Heizei, and the name of “Iwate” was originally written with the ''kanji'' 磐手, and appears in this form in the ''Yamato Monogatari'', compiled in the year 951. By the middle Heian period, the ''kanji'' had changed to its present fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwate District, Rikuchū
Iwate can refer to: * Iwate Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan. * Iwate, Iwate is a town located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,111, and a population density of 36 persons per km² in 5455 households. The total area of the town is . Geography Iwate is located in an inland region in ..., a town in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. * Japanese cruiser ''Iwate'', an armored cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1900 to the end of World War II. {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishiiwai District, Iwate
is a district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the district has an estimated population of 7,440 with a density of . The total area is . After the third city of Ichinoseki creation on September 20, 2005, the district has only one town left. *Hiraizumi Post-WWII timeline *January 1, 1948 - The village of Yamame gained town status. *April 1, 1948 - The town of Ichinoseki, Yamame, Nakasato, and Madaki merged to form the city of Ichinoseki (1st generation). *October 1, 1953 - The village of Hiraizumi gained town status. *January 1, 1955 **The villages of Yasaka, Hagisho, and Ganmi merged with the village of Maikawa from Higashiiwai District and the city of Ichinoseki (1st generation) to form the city of Ichinoseki (2nd generation). **The village of Hanaizumi, Nagai, Dotsu, Aburajima, Oimatsu, and Higata merged to form the town of Hanaizumi. *April 15, 1955 - The town of Hiraizumi merged with the village of Nagashima from Higashiiwai District to form the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higashiiwai District, Iwate
was a district located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of September 1, 2005, the district had an estimated population of 10,026. The total area was 123.15 km2. The day before the dissolution on September 25, 2011, the district had only one town. * Fujisawa On September 26, 2011, the town of Fujisawa was merged with the expanded city of Ichinoseki. Higashiiwai District was dissolved as a result of this merger. post-WWII timeline *January 1, 1955 - The village of Maikawa was merged with the villages of Ganmi, Hagisho and Yasaka (from Nishiiwai District), and the old city of Ichinoseki (1st) to create the new and expanded city of Ichinoseki (2nd). *February 1, 1955 - The villages of Tagawatsu and Nagasaka were merged to create the town of Higashiyama. *April 1, 1955 **The town of Fujisawa, the villages of Yasawa, Oumi and parts of Otsuho (the localities of Otaki and Horowa) were merged to create the town of Fujisawa. **The villages of Orikabe, Yakoshi and the remaining part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
