Hi Province

Hi (Japanese火 国or肥 国, Hi no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in ancient times. It was located on the island of Kyūshū and stretched out on today's prefectures Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto.

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. "

The Nihon Shoki of 720 writes to the origin of the name Hi no kuni, here in the notation火 国for " Land of Fire ", the following:

「五月壬辰朔、従葦北発船到火国、於是日没也、夜冥不知著岸、遙視火光、天皇従詔狭 者曰、直指火処、因指火往之、即得著岸、天皇問其火光処曰、何謂邑也、国人対 者曰,是 八 代 県 豊 村,亦 寻 其 火,是 谁人 之 火 也,然 不得 主,兹 知 非人 火,故名 其 国 曰 火 国 也. 」

" [ 18, Year of the reign of Keiko - tennō ] 5 months, 1 day: In Ashikita he had put [ Keiko - tennō ] the sails to the land of Hi. Here the sun went down and the night was dark, so they did not know how to reach the coast. In the distance a fire and the Emperor seemed ordered the helmsman: Sail to where the fire is ' So they sailed to the fire and reached the coast. . The Emperor asked as regards the place with fire: What is the name of this village? ' The people of the country answered. , Toyomura in the district Yatsushiro ' Again he asked, as of fire: Whose fire is the ' But no owner was found, and then it was clear that it was not man-made. That's why is called Hi no kuni the country. "

Towards the end of the 7th century, the province was Hi Hizen (Eng. " front - Hi" ) and Higo (Eng. "Behind - Hi" ) is divided into two areas. They are first mentioned in the Shoku Nihongi for the year 696. Both countries together were later also as Hishū (肥 州, German "Hi- provinces " ), Nihi (二 肥, dt " the two Hi" ) and Ryōhi (両 肥, dt " the two Hi" ) referred.

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