file: Gumma Tano-gun 1889.png, Historic Map of Tano District:
1. Fujioka, 2. Kanna, 3. Shin, 4. Ono, 5. Yawata, 6. Midori, 7. Hirai, 8. Mikuri, 9. Onishi, 10. Sanbagawa, 11.Yoshii, 12.Tago, 13. Irino, 14. Hino, 21. Mihara, 22. Kamikawa, 23. Nakasato, 24. Ueno: areas 1 through 10 were formerly Midono District
was formerly a Districts of Japan, rural district located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Parts of the modern cities of Takasaki, Gunma, Takasaki and Fujioka, Gunma, Fujioka were formerly within the district.
Midono District was created on December 7, 1878, with the reorganization of Gunma Prefecture into districts. It included three towns (Ochiai-Shin, Fueki-Shin and Fujioka) and 42 villages, almost all of which were formerly part of the ''
tenryō
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
'' holdings in
Kōzuke Province
was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Gunma Prefecture. Kōzuke bordered by Echigo, Shinano, Musashi and Shimotsuke Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Kōzuke was ran ...
administered directly by the
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...
. With the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the area was organized as three towns (Fujioka, Onishi and Shin) and seven villages.
On April 1, 1896, the district was merged with
Minamikanra,
Tago to form
Tano District
left, Location of Midono District within Gunma Prefecture
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Former districts of Gunma Prefecture
