Hi Province

{{short description|Former province of Japan}}

{{nihongo|Hi Province|火国 or 肥国|Hi no kuni}} was an ancient province of Japan, in the area of Hizen and Higo provinces.Satow, Ernest. (1874). "The Geography of Japan," {{Google books|rJ8MAAAAYAAJ|Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 1-2, p. 34.|page=34}} The ambit of this ancient entity is within Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto prefectures.; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hizen" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 338|page=338}}; "Higo" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 310|page=310}}. It was sometimes called {{nihongo|Hishū|肥州}}.