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Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan

The geography and administrative subdivisions of Japan have evolved and changed during the course of its history. These were sometimes grouped according to geographic position.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780|page=780}}; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."Henry Smith's Home Page http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/19th/kuni_vs_ken.gif

[[Kinai]]

[[Tōkaidō (region)|Tōkaidō]]

Tōkaidō literally means 'Eastern Sea Way'.Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 973|page=973}}. The term also identifies a series of roads connecting the 15 provincial capitals of the region.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57.|page=57}}

[[Tōsandō]]

The Tōsandō is a region which straddles the central mountains of northern Honshū.Nussbaum, "Tōsandō" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 988|page=988}}. The descriptive name also refers to a series of roads connecting the provincial capitals. Tōsandō included Musashi Province after 711.

[[Hokurikudō]]

  • Wakasa
  • southern/western Fukui
  • Echizen (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • northern/eastern Fukui
  • Kaga (created in 823 from Echizen)
  • southern/western Ishikawa
  • Noto (created in 718 from Echizen, then occupied in 741 by Etchū, later re-split in 757 from Etchū)
  • northern/eastern Ishikawa
  • Etchū (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • entire Toyama
  • Echigo (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • entire Niigata (most)
  • Sado (occupied in 743 by Echigo, later re-split in 752)
  • Sado city, Niigata

[[San'indō]]

[[San'yōdō]]

[[Nankaidō]]

[[Saikaidō]]

[[Hokkaidō]]

Notes

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References

  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]
  • Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran Annales des empereurs du Japon] (Nihon Ōdai Ichiran). Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]

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