Historical Provinces In Japan
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Overview
Historical province - modern equivalent
Historical Provinces In Japan
- Aki - Hiroshima
- Awa (northern)- Chiba
- Awa (southern)- Tokushima
- Awaji - Hyôgo
- Bingo - Hiroshima
- Bitchû - Okayama
- Bizen - Okayama
- Bungo - Ôita
- Buzen - Fukuoka & Ôita
- Chikugo - Fukuoka
- Echigo - Niigata
- Echizen - Fukui
- Etchû - Toyama
- Ezo - Hokkaidô
- Harima - Hyôgo
- Hida - Gifu
- Higo - Kumamoto
- Hitachi - Ibaraki
- Hizen - Saga & Nagasaki
- Iga - Mie
- Inaba - Tottori
- Ise - Mie
- Iwaki - Fukushima & Miyagi
- Iwami - Shimane
- Iwashiro - Fukushima
- Iyo - Ehime
- Izu - Shizuoka
- Izumi - Osaka
- Izumo - Shimane
- Kaga - Ishikawa
- Kai - Yamanashi
- Kawachi - Osaka
- Kazusa - Chiba
- Kii - Wakayama & Mie
- Kôzuke - Gumma
- Mikawa - Aichi
- Mimasaka - Okayama
- Mino - Gifu
- Musashi - Saitama & Tokyo & Kanagawa
- Mutsu - Aomori & Iwate & Akita
- Nagato - Yamaguchi
- Noto - Ishikawa
- Ômi - Shiga
- Ôsumi - Kagoshima
- Owari - Aichi
- Rikuchû - Iwate
- Rikuzen - Miyagi
- Sado - Niigata
- Sagami - Kanagawa
- Sanuki - Kagawa
- Satsuma - Kagoshima
- Settsu - Hyôgo
- Shima - Mie
- Shimofusa - Chiba & Ibaraki
- Shimozuke - Tochigi
- Shinano - Nagano
- Suô - Yamaguchi
- Suruga - Shizuoka
- Tajima - Hyôgo
- Tanba - Kyoto
- Tango - Kyoto
- Tosa - Kôchi
- Tôtômi - Shizuoka
- Ugo - Akita & Yamagata
- Uzen - Yamagata
- Wakasa - Fukui
- Yamashiro - Kyoto
- Yamato - Nara
Sources
- The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords By Kokan Nagayama (ISBN 4-7700-2071-6)
- The Samurai Sword A Handbook By John M. Yumoto (ISBN 0-8048-0509-1)
- The Japanese Sword A Comprehensive Guide By Kanzan Sato (ISBN 0-87011-562-6)
- Swords and Hilt Weapons (ISBN 1-85375-133-2)
- Japanin Miekat By Timo Reenpää (A finnish publication no ISBN available)
