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Mutsu Province

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Mutsu Province(Lục áo quốc,Mutsu no kuni)was anold provinceofJapanin the area ofFukushima,Miyagi,IwateandAomori Prefecturesand the municipalities ofKazunoandKosakainAkita Prefecture.

Mutsu Province
Lục áo quốc
ProvinceofJapan
654–1869

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Mutsu Province highlighted
CapitalMiyagi District
History
• Established
654
• Disestablished
1869
 Succeeded by
Rikuō Province
Rikuchū Province
Rikuzen Province
Iwashiro Province
Iwaki Province
Today part ofFukushima Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture

Mutsu Province is also known asŌshū(Áo châu)orMichinoku(Lục áo or nói áo).The termŌu(Áo vũ)is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring provinceDewa,which together make up the entireTōhoku region.

History

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Mutsu Province from 7c. to 712
Mutsu Province 718 for several years
Mutsu Province from 1185 to 1868

Invasion by the Kinai government

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Mutsu, on northernHonshū,was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenousEmishi,and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of theKinaigovernment wasTagajōin present-dayMiyagi Prefecture.

Prosperity of Hiraizumi

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In 1095, theŌshū Fujiwara clansettled atHiraizumi,under the leadership ofFujiwara no Kiyohira.Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as a centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the templesChūson-jiandMōtsū-jiin Hiraizumi, and theShiramizu Amidadōtemple building inIwaki.In 1189,Minamoto no Yoritomoinvaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killingFujiwara no Yasuhiraand acquiring the entire domain.[3]

Sengoku period

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During theSengoku period,clans ruled parts of the province.

After the Boshin War

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Rikuō (Mutsu) Province from 1869 to 1871
Main article:Mutsu Province (1868)

As a result of theBoshin War,Mutsu Province was divided by theMeiji government,on 19 January 1869, into five provinces:Iwashiro,Iwaki,Rikuzen,Rikuchū,andRikuō)[citation needed].The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today'sAomori Prefecture,was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however, the character reading was different.[4]Due to the similarity in characters in the name, this smaller province has also sometimes been referred to as 'Mutsu'.

Districts

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Under Ritsuryō

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Iwate Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture

Meiji Era

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric.(2005). "Mutsu"inJapan Encyclopedia,p. 676,p. 676, atGoogle Books.
  2. ^Titsingh,p. 119.,p. 119, atGoogle Books
  3. ^Sansom, George (1958).A History of Japan to 1334.Stanford University Press. p. 254,326–328.ISBN0804705232.
  4. ^"Địa danh “Tam lục địa phương” の khởi nguyên に quan する địa lý học ならびに xã hội học vấn đề "(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-07-18.(Nham tay đại họcGiáo dục học bộ )

References

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