Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan

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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.[1][2]

  • Yamashiro
  • Yamato (northern Nara without Yoshino)
  • Yoshino (created from Yamato in 716, later rejoined back in 738)
  • Kawachi
  • Izumi (created in 716 from Kawachi, then rejoined back in 740, later re-split in 757)
    • southern/southwestern Osaka
  • Settsu
    • northeastern Hyōgo including Kōbe city
    • northern/northwestern Osaka including Osaka city

The Tōkaidō’ is a region; and its name literally means ‘Eastern Sea Way’.[3] The term also identifies a series of roads connecting the 15 provincial capitals of the region.[4]

The Tōsandō is a region which straddles the central mountains of northern Honshū.[5] The descriptive name also refers to a series of roads connecting the provincial capitals.[4] Tōsandō included Musashi Province after 711.[5]

  • Ōmi
  • Mino
  • Hida
  • Shinano
  • Suwa (created in 721 from Shinano, later rejoined back in 731)
  • Kōzuke (broke off from Kenu during the 4th century)
  • Shimotsuke (broke off from Kenu during the 4th century)
  • Uzen (broke off from Dewa during the Meiji Restoration in 1868)
  • Ugo (broke off from Dewa during the Meiji Restoration in 1868)
  • Mutsu (created in the 7th century from Hitachi)
  • Iwashiro (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
  • Iwaki (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
  • Rikuchū (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
  • Rikuzen (created during the Meiji Restoration in 1868 from Mutsu)
  • Wakasa
  • Echizen (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • Kaga (created in 823 from Echizen)
  • Noto (created in 718 from Echizen, then occupied in 741 by Etchū, later re-split in 757 from Etchū)
  • Etchū (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • Echigo (broke off from Koshi during the end of the 7th century)
  • Sado (occupied in 743 by Echigo, later re-split in 752)
  • Harima
  • Mimasaka (created in 713 from Bizen)
  • Bizen (broke off from Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
  • Bitchū (broke off from Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
  • Bingo (broke off from Kibi during the 2nd half of the 7th century)
  • Aki
  • Suō
  • Nagato
  • Buzen (broke off from Toyo at the end of the 7th century)
  • Bungo (broke off from Toyo at the end of the 7th century)
  • Chikuzen (broke off from Tsukushi no later than the end of the 7th century)
  • Chikugo (broke off from Tsukushi no later than the end of the 7th century)
  • Hizen (broke off from Hi no later than the end of the 7th century)
  • Higo (broke off from Hi no later than the end of the 7th century)
  • Hyūga
  • Ōsumi (created in 702 from Hyūga)
  • Tane (created in 702 from Hyūga, later occupied in 824 by Ōsumi)
  • Satsuma　(created in 702 from Hyūga)
  • Iki (officially Iki-shima)
  • Tsushima (officially Tsushima-jima)
  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). “Provinces and prefectures” in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; 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’.”
  2. ^ Henry Smith’s Home Page http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/19th/kuni_vs_ken.gif
  3. ^ Nussbaum, “Tōkaidō” at p. 973, p. 973, at Google Books.
  4. ^ a b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57., p. 57, at Google Books
  5. ^ a b Nussbaum, “Tōsandō” at p. 988, p. 988, at Google Books.

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