Hizen Province
Hizen ( Japanese 肥 前 国 Hizen no kuni ) was one of the historical provinces of Japan . It bordered the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo . Today the area is divided into Saga Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture , Nagasaki also received regions from Tsushima Province and Iki Province .
The province emerged from the splitting of the province Hi into the provinces of Hizen ("Front-Hi") and Higo ("Behind-Hi"). Both countries together were therefore later referred to as Hishū ( 肥 州 , dt. "Hi provinces"), Nihi ( 二 肥 , dt. "The two Hi") and Ryōhi ( 両 肥 , dt. "The two Hi") . Higo was mentioned for the first time in the year 696 in the Shoku Nihongi .
The old provincial capital ( kokufu ) was near the city of Yamato , Saga . Toyotomi Hideyoshi commanded the invasion of Korea from Nagoya City in Hizen. The Shimabara uprising took place here. In the Sengoku period , the region was divided among many daimyo , the richest of whom had their castles in Saga .
Coordinates: 33 ° 10 ' N , 129 ° 57' E