Uzen Province
Uzen Province (羽前国, Uzen-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1] Along with Ugo Province, it was sometimes called Ushū (羽州).[2] The history of the province started in 1868 and ended in 1872.
History
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During the Edo period and early Meiji period, the Uesugi clan were daimyo in the area.[3]
Copper coins were minted in the province in 1861-1863 (Bunkyu 1-3).[4]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Unzen Province were reformed in the 1870s.[5]
Related pages
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[change | change source]- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Uzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1019.
- ↑ Murdoch, James. (1903). A History of Japan, Vol. 3. p. 794.
- ↑ Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Uesugi, pp. 67 [PDF 71 of 80]; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-8.
- ↑ Van de Polder, Léon. (1891). "Abridged History of the Copper Coins of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 18-19, p. 490.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
Other websites
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