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 11 through 14 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.
Tago District was the name of one of the ancient districts of
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 ...
, mentioned in the ''
Shoku Nihongi'' of 711 AD. Modern Tago District was created on December 7, 1878, with the reorganization of Gunma Prefecture into districts. It included 19 villages, 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 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 ...
, seven villages that were part of the holdings of
Yoshii Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Yoshii ''jin'ya'' in what is now part of the city of Takasaki, Gunma. Yoshii was ruled thr ...
and three villages which were part of the holdings of
Obama Domain
The was a '' Fudai'' feudal domain of the Edo period of Japan. It is located in Wakasa Province, in the Hokuriku region of the island Honshū. The domain was centered at Obama Castle, located in the center of what is now the city of Oba ...
. With the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889, the area was organized as one town (Yoshii) and three villages.
On April 1, 1896, the district was merged with
Minamikanra and
Midono to form
Tano District
left, Location of Tago District within Gunma Prefecture
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Former districts of Gunma Prefecture
