Uzen Province
Uzen Province (羽前国, Uzen-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture (consisting mostly minus Akumi District).[1] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Ugo Province.
This province was in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island. It was the place where the Mogami clan was established.
Historical districts[]
- Yamagata Prefecture
- (田川郡)
- Higashitagawa District (東田川郡)
- Nishitagawa District (西田川郡) - dissolved
- Mogami District (最上郡)
- (村山郡)
- Higashimurayama District (東村山郡)
- Kitamurayama District (北村山郡)
- (南村山郡) - dissolved
- Nishimurayama District (西村山郡)
- (置賜郡)
- Higashiokitama District (東置賜郡)
- (南置賜郡) - dissolved
- Nishiokitama District (西置賜郡)
- (田川郡)
Notes[]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōmi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 750, p. 750, at Google Books.
References[]
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Other websites[]
Media related to Uzen Province at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Former provinces of Japan
- Yamagata geography stubs