Iwashiro Province

Iwashiro (Japanese岩 代 国, Iwashiro no kuni ) was a province of Japan during the early Meiji period.

It extended over the western part of today's Fukushima prefecture. Along with the neighboring province of east Iwaki it formed the central part of the Fukushima prefecture. Specifically, among the present-day counties Date and Adachi in the north to Iwashiro, Higashishirakawa and Nishishirakawa in the south to Iwaki ( with the exception of the western part of the village Taishin (now Shirakawa ) the to Iwashiro belonged ) to the Abukuma in the middle as a border river.

In the census 1872 ( Jinshin Koseki ) 427 933 inhabitants were counted for Iwashiro.

History

718 of the province of Michinoku ( Mutsu ) was separated the provinces of Iwase and Iwaki, but they were already incorporated a few years later. The area of the province Iwase was about the same as the later successor province Iwashiro, except that there the basin of the Abukuma with included.

On January 19, 1869 ( Meiji 1/12/7 ) the provinces Iwashiro, Iwaki, Rikuchu (Eng. " Central Mutsu ' ) and Rikuzen (Eng. " front Mutsu " ) were separated from the province of Mutsu.

The name derives from the predecessor Iwashiro province Iwase (石 背 国) from where it was assumed that the kanji背not as usual se, but as the 7th century in the province of Yamashiro (山 背 国) shiro was pronounced.

Fief

In Iwashiro following were fiefs (han ):

• Fukushima (福岛 藩; 1679-1869 )
• Nihonmatsu (二 本 松 藩; 1627-1871 )

The following were in the field of Iwashiro prior to its establishment:

• Yanagawa (梁川藩; 1683-1821 )
• Koori (桑 折 藩; 1700-1747 )
• Shimotedo (下手 渡 藩; 1806-1868 )
• Shimomura (下 村 藩; 1787-1823 )
• Aizu (会 津 藩; 1590-1868 )
• Okubo (大 久保 藩) / Iwase (岩 瀬 藩) ( 1682-1693 )
• Ishikawa (石川藩; 1662-1681 )

Counties

In Iwashiro following counties were ( gun):

• Aizu -gun (会 津 郡)
• Adachi -gun (安达 郡)
• Asaka -gun (安 积 郡)
• Iwase -gun (岩 瀬 郡)
• Onuma -gun (大沼 郡)
• Kawanuma -gun (河 沼 郡)
• Shinobu -gun (信 夫 郡)
• Date -gun (伊达 郡)
• Yama -gun (耶 麻 郡)

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
• Fukushima Prefecture