Echigo Province
province of Japan
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.
History
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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
changeEchigo faced the Sea of Japan.
Shrines and Temples
changeIyahiko jinju and Koko jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Echigo.[3]
Related pages
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change- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echigo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
- ↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.
Other websites
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Media related to Echigo Province at Wikimedia Commons
