Etchu Province
The province of Etchū ( Japanese 越 中国 , Etchū no kuni ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan in central Honshū on the Sea of Japan .
It bordered the provinces of Echigo , Shinano , Hida , Kaga , and Noto .
The province was created between 689 and 692 through the splitting of the old Koshi ( 越 国 ) province into the provinces of Echizen ("front Koshi"), Etchū ("middle Koshi") and Echigo ("rear Koshi") as described in the Taihō Codex "). These were also collectively referred to as etsushū ( 越 州 , "Koshi province (s)"). The characters of Etchū were also read as Koshi no michi no naka in the early days . In 741, the province of Noto, which was spun off from Echizen in 718, was added to her, but in 757 it became independent again.
Today the area is Toyama Prefecture .
The old ( furu ) provincial capital ( kokufu ) was in what is now the Fushiki-Furukokufu district of Takaoka . In the Sengoku period , the area was mostly ruled by the rulers of neighboring provinces such as Echigo and Kaga.
Coordinates: 36 ° 39 ′ N , 137 ° 16 ′ E