Iki Province
Iki ( Japanese 壱 岐 国 , Iki no kuni ) or Isshū ( 壱 州 ) was one of the historic provinces of Japan and consisted of the island of Iki .
history
After the Toi invasion , private trade began between the Korean empires of Goryeo , Tsushima , Iki, and Kyushu , but was stopped by the Mongol invasions of Japan in 1274 and 1281. However, the Mongols were deterred from further aggression against Japan.
Koryosa (a historian of the Goryeo dynasty) notes that in 1274, a Mongol army that included Korean soldiers killed many residents on the island.
Along with Tsushima and Matsuura, Iki became an important base for the Wokou (Japanese pirates ). To keep them from further invasions, Goryeo and his successor, the Joseon Dynasty, involved them in the trade and negotiated with the Muromachi shogunate and its representatives on Kyushu .
The province was merged with other provinces to form Nagasaki Prefecture in 1872 .
Coordinates: 33 ° 47 ' N , 129 ° 43' E