Uzen Province

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Uzen highlighted

Uzen Province (羽前国, Uzen-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Yamagata Prefecture (consisting mostly minus Akumi District).[1] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Ugo Province.

This province was in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island. It was the place where the Mogami clan was established.

Historical districts

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Uzen Province consisted of ten districts:

Notes

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References

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  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

Other websites

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