Echigo Province

Echigo (越 后 国Japanese, Echigo no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the northern central Japan on the Japan Sea. Bordered on provinces Uzen, Iwashiro, Kozuke, Shinano and Etchūs.

The province was created in 689-692 by the described in the Taiho Code splitting the old province of Koshi (越 国) in the provinces of Echizen ( " front - Koshi " ), Etchu ( "middle -koshi " ) and Echigo ( "Behind - Koshi "). The characters of the province were read in the early days as Koshi no michi no shiri.

Today the field of Niigata Prefecture, to which additionally was come the province of Sado equivalent.

Echigo was ruled during the Sengoku period of Uesugi Kenshin and his heirs, later it became a fief of Ieyasu Tokugawa's relatives, the Matsudaira.

37.559444444444139.05333333333Koordinaten: 38 ° N, 139 ° E

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
Sea of Japan Uzen Province Shinano Province Koshi Province Echizen Province Sado Province Tokugawa Ieyasu Matsudaira clan Aki Province Awa Province (Tokushima) Awaji Province Bingo Province Bizen Province Bungo Province Buzen Province Chikugo Province Chikuzen Province Ugo Province Hida Province Higo Province Hitachi Province Hizen Province Iga Province Inaba Province Ise Province Iwaki Province (718) Iwami Province Iwase Province Iyo Province Izu Province Kaga Province Kii Province Mikawa Province Mimasaka Province Musashi Province Rikuzen Province Nagato Province Noto Province Oki Province Tane Province Owari Province Sagami Province Sanuki Province Satsuma Province Settsu Province Shima Province Suwa Province Suruga Province Tajima Province Tamba Province Tosa Province Tsushima Province Wakasa Province Yamashiro Province Yamato Province Yoshino Province Hidaka Province Iburi Province Ishikari Province Kitami Province Kushiro Province Nemuro Province Oshima Province Shiribeshi Province Teshio Province Tokachi Province
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