Ugo Province
Ugo Province (羽後国, Ugo-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture[1] and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).[2] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Uzen Province.
Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted
Historical districts
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Akumi District (飽海郡)
- Akita Prefecture
- Akita District (秋田郡)
- Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
- Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
- Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
- Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
- Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
- Semboku District (仙北郡)
- Yamamoto District (山本郡)
- Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved
- Akita District (秋田郡)
Notes
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.
- Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.
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References
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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