Tokachi Province

former province of Japan

Tokachi Province (十勝国, Tokachi-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.

Map of island of Hokkaido with Tokachi Province highlighted, c. 1869.

The boundaries of this ancient province are generally mirrored in what is today called Tokachi Subprefecture.

History

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After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido.[1] Regional subdivisions were established. Tokachi 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 Tokachi Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]

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

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References

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  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.
  4. Great Britain Parliament, p. 78.

Other websites

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