was an
ancient province of
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, in the area of
Buzen and
Bungo Provinces. The ancient entity was located in modern
Ōita Prefecture and northeastern
Fukuoka Prefecture.
[ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Buzen''" in , "''Bugo''" at .] It was divided into Buzen and Bungo in 683. It was sometimes called .
Emperor Keikō is said to have made Unade rule Toyo province and gave him the surname Toyo-no-kuni-no-atai. This province is considered to have been under the control of the central government at an early stage.
Notes
References
* Asiatic Society of Japan. (1874). ''Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan.'' Yokohama: The Society
OCLC 1514456
*
Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan encyclopedia.''Cambridge:
Harvard University Press.
OCLC 58053128
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