Kitami Province

Kitami Province (北見国, Kitami-no kuni) was a old province of Japan on the island of Hokkaido. The history of the province started in 1869 and ended in 1882.

The boundaries of this ancient province are generally mirrored in what are today called Sōya Subprefecture and Abashiri Subprefecture.

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido.^[1] Regional subdivisions were established. Kitami Province was one of the new entities which were created in 1869.^[2]

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan including Kitami Province were reformed in the 1870s.^[3]

In 1882, Kitami and the other ten provinces of Hokkaido were reorganized as Hakodate Prefecture, Sapporo Prefecture and Nemuro Prefecture.^[4]

Related pages

References

↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343.
↑ Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 33; Great Britain Parliament. (1887). House of Commons Papers, Vol. 101, p. 77.
↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.
↑ Great Britain Parliament, p. 78.

Other websites

Media related to Ishikari Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

This short article about Japan can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343.

[2] Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 33; Great Britain Parliament. (1887). House of Commons Papers, Vol. 101, p. 77.

[3] Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

[parliament78-4] Great Britain Parliament, p. 78.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]