Sakai Prefecture
Sakai ( Japanese 堺 県 , -ken ) was a prefecture of Japan from 1868 to 1881 . It was set up in the Meiji restoration and initially only included the former shogunate or imperial domain ( bakuryō / tenryō ) in the province of Izumi around the city of Sakai . In 1869 it was expanded to include Kawachi Prefecture , which had taken over the land ownership of the shogunate in Kawachi Province . In the same year it was extended to include the prematurely returned fief ( han ) Sayama. After the nationwide abolition of the Han in 1871, the Sakai Prefecture was supplemented by the prefectures of Hakata, Kishiwada, Yoshimi and Tannan, which emerged from fiefdoms of the same name, after which it included the area of the provinces of Izumi and Kawachi and thus the southeast part of today's Osaka prefecture . The seat of the prefecture administration was initially at the site of the previous administration for the shogunate domain ( Sakai bugyō -sho ), from 1871 in the Sakai branch temple of Nishi Hongan-ji in the area of today's city of Sakai, at that time still part of the Ōtori district ( 34th century ) ° 35 '0.2 " N , 135 ° 28' 55.7" E ). In 1876 the prefecture of Nara (now practically congruent with the province of Yamato ) was incorporated into the prefecture of Sakai. In 1881, the entire prefecture became part of Osaka Prefecture.
Sakai Prefecture existed longer than most of the now defunct prefectures, long enough to elect a prefectural parliament - the Meiji government established the nationwide establishment of elected prefectural assemblies (fu- / kenkai) in 1878. The Sakai-kenkai was established in June Opened in 1879. In 1881 it was united with the Osaka Prefectural Parliament.
Administrative division 1880
Counties (- gun ) and "districts" / urban districts ( - ku , forerunner of the independent cities, shi from 1888/89) in the Sakai prefecture after the reorganization of the counties in all prefectures from 1878, grouped according to the provinces of antiquity:
- Izumi Province
- Sakai- ku, separated from the previous Ōtori-gun
- Ōtori-gun
- Izumi-gun
- Minami-gun
- In-gun
- Kawachi Province
- Yamato Province (before 1876 and since 1887 Nara Prefecture)
Governors
Ogō Kazutoshi from Oka in the province of Bungo , 1868–1870 governor of Sakai
Saisho Atsushi from Satsuma , after the restoration initially governor of Kawachi and Hyōgo for a short time , 1870–1881 governor of Sakai
Web links
- Sakai Municipality: 堺 県 庁 跡 (former site of the Sakai Prefecture Administration) (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Osaka Prefectural Parliament: 府 議会 の あ ゆ み
- ↑ Ishida Satoshi, 地理 デ ー タ 集 : 府 県 の 変 遷 （近畿 地方） & 郡 の 変 遷 （近畿 地方）