Ugo Province

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted

Ugo Province (羽後国, Ugo no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [ɯꜜ.ɡo (no kɯ.ɲi), ɯꜜ.ŋo-]^[1]) is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture^[2] and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).^[3] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Uzen Province.

Historical districts

Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:

Yamagata Prefecture
- Akumi District (飽海郡)
Akita Prefecture
- Akita District (秋田郡)
  - Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
  - Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
- Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
- Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
- Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
- Semboku District (仙北郡)
- Yamamoto District (山本郡)
- Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved

Notes

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.
^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.
^ Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

Other websites

Media related to Ugo Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

[1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (24 May 2016). NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese). NHK Publishing.

[2] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.

[3] Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.

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Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa -1869 Hida Iwaki 718–724 Iwaki 1869– Iwase 718–724 Iwashiro 1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu –1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869– Rikuchū 1869– Rikuzen 1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa 721–731 1869– Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane 702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt, "Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."