Echigo Province

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Echigo Province highlighted

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The province had borders with Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces.

History

View of Echigo Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige II, 1859

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

Echigo faced the Sea of Japan.

Shrines and Temples

Iyahiko jinju and Koko jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Echigo.^[3]

Echigo Province Media

Hiroshige ukiyo-e " Echigo " in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Oyashirazu cliffs.

Related pages

References

↑ 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

Media related to Echigo Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echigo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.

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

[3] "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-17.

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