Mutsu Province

Mutsu (in Japanese陆 奥 国, Mutsu no kuni ), also known as Ōshū (奥 州) was an old province of Japan that the area of ​​today prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, and the towns Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.

Originally the province of Michi -no- oku was (道 奥 国, - no kuni, dt about " end of the road " ) and to the Heian period Michi -no- ku (陆 奥 国, - no kuni, dt about "At the end of the land ").

In the 8th century it had 186,000 inhabitants, is the second most populous province of Japan.

Mutsu in northern Honshu was one of the last provinces that were formed when the land was taken the indigenous Ainu. It was with increasing expansion to the north one of the largest in Japan. The ancient capital was in modern Miyagi Prefecture. In the Sengoku period different families ruled some parts of the province. The Uesugi had a castle in Aizu Wakamatsu - in the south, the Nambu Morioka in the north and Date Masamune, a close ally of the Tokugawa founded Sendai, today the largest city in the Tohoku region.

On January 19, 1869 ( Meiji 1/12/7 ) were created four other provinces from parts of Mutsu: Province Rikuchu (Eng. " Central Mutsu ' ), province Rikuzen (Eng. " front Mutsu ") and Iwaki Province and provincial Iwashiro were named after historical predecessors both. To distinguish it from the old province of Mutsu the characters of the new smaller Mutsu were read analog and Rikuo. Outside of official documents, this reading does not prevailed.

Mutsu Province 718 after separation of the provinces of Iwase and Iwaki in the southwest to the southeast

Mutsu province until 1868

Mutsu / Rikuo province from 1869

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