Oshima Province
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Oshima Province
Oshima Province (渡島国 Oshima-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to the southern part of today's Oshima and Hiyama Subprefectures
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History
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Oshima Province.[2]
- August 15, 1869 Oshima Province established with seven districts
- 1872 Census reports 75,830 inhabitants of the province
- July, 1881 Tsugaru District and Fukushima District merged to form Matsumae District, reducing the number of districts to six.
- 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.
Districts
- Kameda (亀田郡, -gun))
- Kayabe (茅部郡)
- Kamiiso (上磯郡)
- Fukushima (福島郡), merged with Tsugaru District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
- Tsugaru (津軽郡), merged with Fukushima District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
- Hiyama (檜山郡)
- Nishi (爾志郡)
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343 at Google Books.
- ^ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88. at Google Books
References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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