Buzen Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Buzen Province highlighted

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Buzen had borders with Bungo and Chikuzen Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Toyotsu, Fukuoka. [2]

History

 
View of Buzen Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1854

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Buzen Province were reformed in the 1870s.[3]

Shrines and Temples

Usa-jinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Buzen. [4]

Related pages

References

Other websites

  Media related to Buzen Province at Wikimedia Commons