Ugo Province

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{{nihongo|Ugo Province|羽後国|Ugo no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|ɯꜜ.ɡo (no kɯ.ɲi), ɯꜜ.ŋo-}}{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}}} is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita PrefectureNussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010|page=1010}}. and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428. It was sometimes called {{nihongo|Ushū|羽州}}, with Uzen Province.

Historical districts

Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:

Yamagata Prefecture
Akumi District (飽海郡)
Akita Prefecture
Akita District (秋田郡)
Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
Semboku District (仙北郡)
Yamamoto District (山本郡)
Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved

Notes

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]

Other websites

[http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903]

Category:Former provinces of Japan