Echigo Province
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Echigo Province (越後国 Echigo no kuni) was an old province in Japan in the area of Niigata Prefecture on the island of Honshū.[1]
The province had borders with Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces.
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History [change]
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Echigo Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]
Geography [change]
Echigo faced the Sea of Japan.
Shrines and Temples [change]
Iyahiko jinju and Koko jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Echigo.[3]
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References [change]
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echigo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2; retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Echigo Province at Wikimedia Commons- Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
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