Chikugo Province
Chikugo Province (筑後国, Chikugo no kuni) is the name of a old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Along with Chikuzen Province, it was sometimes called Chikushū (筑州)
Chikugo had borders with Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.
History[change | change source]
The ancient capital city of the province was near Kurume, Fukuoka.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Chikugo Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Timeline of notable events[change | change source]
- 1359 (Enbun 4): Battle of Chikugo River (Chikugogawa), Ashikaga gain a military victory.[3]
- 1361 (Enbun 6) : Imperial forces led by Kikuchi Takemitsu capture Dazaifu.[4]
Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Kōra taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Chikugo. [5]
Related pages[change | change source]
- Provinces of Japan
- Prefectures of Japan
- List of regions of Japan
- List of islands of Japan
- Chikugo Seamount
- Chikugo, Fukuoka
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chikugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 113.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ Tsuji, Zennosuke. (1932). The Humanitarian Ideas of the Japanese, p. 55; Depuy, Trevor Nevitt. (1992). "Kikuchi Takemitsu," The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, p. 402.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kikuchi Takemitsu" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 517.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Chikugo Province at Wikimedia Commons
