is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of

Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, Kumamo ...

on Kyūshū. It was sometimes called or , with

Chikuzen Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyūshū. It was sometimes called or , with Chikugo Province. Chikuzen bordered Buzen, Bungo, Chikugo, and Hizen Provinces. History The original provi ...

. Chikugo was bordered by Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.

History

The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of

Kurume, Fukuoka is a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 303,579 and a population density of 1,320 persons per km². The total area is 229.96 km². On February 5, 2005, the town of Kitano (from ...

. During the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

the province was divided into two fiefs: the

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held the southern fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held the northern fief at Kurume. During the

Meiji era The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...

, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Chikugo Province were

reform Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ...

ed in the 1870s.

Timeline

* 1359 ('' Enbun 4''): Battle of Chikugo River (''Chikugogawa''), Ashikaga gain a military victory. * 1361 (''Enbun 6'') : Imperial forces led by Kikuchi Takemitsu capture Dazaifu.

Shrines and temples

Kōra taisha is a Shinto shrine in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. History Kōra was founded in the fifth century. The shrine is mentioned in the Engishiki and was one of the most important shrines in Chikugo Province. Buildings The torii of 1654 ...

'' was the chief

Shinto shrine A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more '' kami'', the deities of the Shinto religion. Overview Structurally, a Shinto shrine typically comprises several buildings. The '' honden''Also called (本殿, mean ...

(''

ichinomiya is a Japanese historical term referring to the Shinto shrines with the highest rank in a province. Shrines of lower rank were designated , , , and so forth. ''Encyclopedia of Shinto'' ''Ichi no miya'' retrieved 2013-5-14. The term gave rise t ...

'') of Chikugo. "Nationwide List of ''Ichinomiya''," p. 3
; retrieved 2012-10-26.

Historical districts

** Ikuha District (生葉郡) – merged with Takeno District to become Ukiha District (浮羽郡) on February 26, 1896 ** Kamitsuma District (上妻郡) – merged with Shimotsuma District to become Yame District (八女郡) on February 26, 1896 ** Mihara District (御原郡) – merged with former Mii (御井郡) and Yamamoto Districts to become a new and expanded Mii District (三井郡) on February 26, 1896 ** Mii District (pre-1896) (御井郡) – absorbed Mihara and Yamamoto Districts to become a new and expanded Mii District (三井郡) on February 26, 1896 ** Miike District (三池郡) – dissolved ** Mizuma District (三潴郡) ** Shimotsuma District (下妻郡) – merged with Kamitsuma District to become Yame District on February 26, 1896 ** Takeno District (竹野郡) – merged with Ikuha District to become Ukiha District on February 26, 1896 ** Yamamoto District (山本郡) – merged with former Mii (御井郡) and Mihara Districts to become a new and expanded Mii District (三井郡) on February 26, 1896 ** Yamato District (山門郡) – dissolved

Notes

References

* Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia''.
Cambridge:

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.
OCLC 58053128

External links

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