Higo Province

Higo (Japanese肥 后 国, Higo no kuni ) was a province of Japan in the area of ​​today's Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi and Satsuma.

The province was created from the splitting of the province of Hi in the provinces of Hizen ( " front - Hi" ) and Higo ( "Behind -Hi "). For the first time Higo was mentioned by 696 Shoku Nihongi in.

The provincial capitals ( Kokufu ) of Higo were doing well in today's Kumamoto. During the Muromachi period Higo from the Kikuchi clan was held. However, this was expropriated in the Sengoku period, and the province was occupied by the rulers of the neighboring areas, such as the Shimazu from the province of Satsuma. Finally, Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked the island of Kyushu, leaving Higo his followers Sasa Narimasa and later Kato Kiyomasu.

In the Sengoku period Higo was an important center of Christianity in Japan. There is also the samurai Miyamoto Musashi held on the invitation of the daimyo, while he completed his Book of Five Rings.

32.6875130.8675Koordinaten: 33 ° N, 131 ° 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

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