Rikuzen Province
Rikuzen ( Japanese 陸 前 国 , Rikuzen no kuni , eng. "Front Mutsu ") was a province of Japan during the early Meiji period .
Their area corresponded roughly to that of today's Miyagi Prefecture , excluding the south of Miyagi with the districts of Watari-gun , Igu-gun and Katta-gun , as well as the cities of Kakuda and Shiroishi . It also included the southeast of Iwate Prefecture with the district of Kesen-gun , the cities of Rikuzentakata , Ōfunato and the southern part of Kamaishi .
The 1872 census counted 534,609 inhabitants for Rikuzen.
history
On January 19, 1869 (Meiji 1/12/7), the provinces of Rikuzen, Iwashiro , Iwaki and Rikuchū (German: "Middle Mutsu") were separated from the province of Mutsu .
Fiefdom
The following fiefs ( han ) were in Rikuzen :
Counties
The following districts ( gun ) were located in Rikuzen :
- Kesen-gun ( 気 仙 郡 )
- Motoyoshi-gun ( 本 吉 郡 )
- Tome-gun ( 登米 郡 )
- Kurihara-gun ( 栗 原 郡 )
- Tamatsukuri-gun ( 玉 造 郡 )
- Oshika-gun ( 牡 鹿 郡 )
- Monou-gun ( 桃 生 郡 )
- Tōda-gun ( 遠 田 郡 )
- Shida-gun ( 志 田 郡 )
- Kami-gun ( 加 美 郡 )
- Kurokawa-gun ( 黒 川 郡 )
- Miyagi-gun ( 宮城 郡 )
- Natori-gun ( 名 取 郡 )
- Shibata-gun ( 柴 田 郡 )