Mutsu Province

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Mutsu (陸奥国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Also known as Ōshū (奥州).

Mutsu, in northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Ainu, and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient capital was in modern Miyagi prefecture. During the Sengoku period various clans ruled different parts of the province. The Uesugi clan had a castle town at Wakamatsu in the south, the Nambu clan at Morioka in the north, and Date Masamune, a close ally of the Tokugawa, established Sendai, which is now the largest town of the Tōhoku region.

During the Meiji period, four other provinces were created from parts of Mutsu, including Rikuchū, Rikuzen, Iwaki, and Iwashiro. The area that is now Aomori Prefecture continued to be part of Mutsu until the Abolition of the han system.

[edit] Districts

[edit] Under Ritsuryo

• Isawa District(胆沢郡)
• w:白河郡
• w:磐瀬郡
• w:会津郡
• w:耶麻郡
• w:安積郡
• w:安達郡
• w:信夫郡
• w:刈田郡
• w:柴田郡
• w:名取郡
• w:菊田郡
• w:磐城郡
• w:標葉郡
• w:行方郡
• w:宇多郡
• w:江刺郡
• w:伊具郡
• w:亘理郡
• w:宮城郡
• w:黒川郡
• 賀美郡
• w:色麻郡
• w:玉造郡
• w:志太郡
• w:栗原郡
• w:磐井郡
• w:膽沢郡
• 長岡郡
• 新田郡
• 小田郡
• w:遠田郡
• w:気仙郡
• w:牡鹿郡
• w:登米郡
• w:桃生郡
• w:大沼郡

[edit] Districts during the Meiji Era

• Tsugaru District(津軽郡)
• Kita District(北郡)
• Sannohe District(三戸郡)
• Ninohe District(二戸郡)