Former Provinces of Hokkaidō
The Former Provinces of Hokkaido were created by the Meiji period government of Japan in 1869. They lasted only until the creation of prefectures.
History
In 1869, the island of Hokkaidō was organized into 11 provinces.[1]
Other than the Hokkaido provinces, the majority of Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government between 1870 and 1876.[2]
The Hokkaidō provinces were dissolved in 1882. In that year, they were replaced with Hakodate Prefecture, Sapporo Prefecture and Nemuro Prefecture.[3]
In 1886, Hakodate, Sapporo and Nemuro prefectures were abolished.[3] The reform replaced with another entity called the Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..[4]
In 1947, Hokkaido Prefecture was established.[5] The old provincial boundaries are mirrored in the island's subprefectures.
List of provinces
Although the 19th century provinces of Hokkaidō lasted for only a short time, the subdivisions of the land of the island are very much like those which still exist.
Chishima
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of the islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu and the Kuril Islands.
Hidaka
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Hidaka Subprefecture
Iburi
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Iburi Subprefecture.
Ishikari
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Ishikari Subprefecture.
Kitami
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Sōya Subprefecture and Abashiri Subprefecture.
Kushiro
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Kushiro Subprefecture and part of Abashiri Subprefecture.
Nemuro
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of the mainland portion of Nemuro Subprefecture.
Oshima
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of the southern part of Oshima Subprefecture and Hiyama Subprefecture.
Shiribeshi
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of the southern part of Shiribeshi Subprefecture,
Teshio
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Rumoi Subprefecture and the northern half of Kamikawa Subprefecture.
Tokachi
Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).[6] was in the area of Tokachi Subprefecture.
Former Provinces Of Hokkaidō Media
Location of Shiribeshi Province c. 1869.
Location of Iburi Province c. 1869.
Location of Ishikari Province c. 1869.
Location of Kitami Province c. 1869. Green highlighted area is Abashiri District from Kushiro Province c. 1881.
Location of Kushiro Province c. 1869.
Related pages
References
- ↑ Great Britain Parliament. (1887). House of Commons Papers, Vol. 101, p. 77.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Great Britain Parliament, p. 78.
- ↑ Hokkaidō Teikoku Daigaku. (1927). The Semi-Centennial of the Hokkaido Imperial University, Japan, 1876-1926, pp. 42, 47.
- ↑ Travel-around-Japan.com, "Former Hokkaido Government office building"; retrieved 2012-2-14.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 33.
