Tokyo Prefecture
| Tokyo Prefecture 東京府 | |||||||||
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| Prefecture of Japan | |||||||||
| 1868–1943 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms
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 Ginza, Tokyo City, in 1933 | |||||||||
| Capital | Tokyo City | ||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 35°41′N 139°46′E / 35.68°N 139.77°E | ||||||||
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• Established | 2 October 1868 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 July 1943 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 3 cities 3 Districts | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Part of the Tokyo Metropolis | ||||||||
- This article is about Tokyo Prefecture. For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation).
Tokyo Prefecture (東京府, Tōkyō-fu or Tōkei-fu) is a former Japanese government entity starting in 1869 and ending in 1943[1]
In 1943, the prefecture's municipalities, including the traditional city of Tokyo, became part of the newly formed Tokyo metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to) or "greater Tokyo metropolian area".[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "東京都年表". 27 November 2002. Archived from the original on 15 October 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2015.(in Japanese)
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