Tsukushi Province

Tsukushi (Japanese筑紫 国, Tsukushi no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in ancient times. It was located on the island of Kyūshū, which was then also called Tsukushi, and extended over the present-day Fukuoka Prefecture, with the exception of large parts of the East, who belonged to the province of Toyo.

History

The first mention is found in the Kojiki from the year 712 in the section on the mythological birth of the Japanese islands (国産 み, Kuniumi ):

「次生、筑紫島。此島亦、身一而、有面四。面毎有名。故、筑紫国謂、白日別。豊国、言、豊日別。肥国、言、建日向日豊久士比泥別。熊曾国、言、建日別。」

" Next, the island of Tsukushi was [= Kyushu ] born. Also [cf Shikoku ], this island has a body and four faces, each face has a name. Thus the country Tsukushi Shira -bi -wake is called, the country is called Toyo Toyo -bi -wake, the country will take hi -hi- mukahi - toyo - kuji - hine - called wake, the country is Kumaso Take- bi- wake called. "

527-528 of Iwai Rebellion took place in Tsukushi, in which the regional prince Iwai against the Yamato Empire ( Japan) rose. As a result, the Yamato kingdom was in more troops Disabled to their colony Mimana on the Korean Peninsula to send and was tied with the suppression of the rebellion, after which finally lost large parts of the colony.

At the end of the 7th century it was split into the provinces Chikuzen (Eng. " front Tsukushi " ) and Chikugo (Eng. "Behind - Tsukushi " ), where chiku the On- reading of the first character of Tsukushi. Both countries together were later also as Chikushū (筑 州, " Tsukushi - provinces " ), Nichiku (二 筑, dt " the two Tsukushi " ) and Ryōchiku (両 筑, dt " the two Tsukushi " ) referred.

Aki · Awa ( Kantō ) · Awa ( Shikoku ) · Awaji · Bingo · Bitchū Bizen · · · Bungo Buzen Chikugo · · · Chikuzen Dewa · ( Ugo · Uzen 1869-1872 ) · Echigo Echizen · · · Etchu Harima · · Hida Higo · Hitachi · Hizen Hoki · · · Hyūga Iga · Iki · Inaba Ise · · Iwaki ( 718-724 ) · · Iwami Iwase ( 718-724 ) · · Iyo Izu · Izumi Izumo · · Kaga · Kai · Kawachi · · Kazusa Kii · Kozuke Mikawa · · · Mimasaka Mino · Musashi · Mutsu · ( Iwaki Iwashiro · · · Rikuchu Rikuo · Rikuzen 1869-1872 ) · Nagato Noto · · · Oki Ōmi Ōsumi · · ( Tane 702-824 ) · · Ryukyu Owari (1872 -1879 ) Sado · · · Sagami Sanuki Satsuma · · · Settsu Shima · · Shimousa Shimotsuke · Shinano · ( Suwa 721-731 ) · · Suo Suruga Tajima · · · Tango · Tamba Tosa · Tōtōmi · · Tsushima Wakasa · · Yamashiro Yamato · ( Yoshino 716-738 )

Chishima Hidaka · · · Iburi Ishikari Kitami · · · Kushiro Nemuro Oshima · · · Shiribeshi Teshio · Tokachi

Fusa · Hi · Keno · Kibi · · Koshi Kumaso (?) · · Toyo Tsukushi

  • Japanese province
  • Fukuoka Prefecture

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