Oshima Province

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Oshima (渡島国, -no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to the southern part of today's Oshima and Hiyama Subprefectures

[edit] History

  • August 15, 1869 Oshima Province established with seven districts
  • 1872 Census reports 75,830 inhabitants of the province
  • July, 1881 Tsugaru District and Fukushima District merged to form Matsumae District, reducing the number of districts to six.
  • 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaido.

[edit] Districts

  • Kameda (亀田郡, -gun))
  • Kayabe (茅部郡)
  • Kamiiso (上磯郡)
  • Fukushima (福島郡), merged with Tsugaru District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
  • Tsugaru (津軽郡), merged with Fukushima District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
  • Hiyama (檜山郡)
  • Nishi (爾志郡)
Former provinces of Japan

Aki | Awa (Kanto) | Awa (Shikoku) | Awaji | Bingo | Bitchu | Bizen | Bungo | Buzen | Chikugo | Chikuzen | Chishima | Dewa | Echigo | Echizen | Etchū | Harima | Hida | Higo | Hitachi | Hidaka | Hizen | Hoki | Hyūga | Iburi | Iga | Iki | Inaba | Ise | Ishikari | Iwami | Iyo | Izu | Izumi | Izumo | Kaga | Kai | Kawachi | Kazusa | Kii | Kitami | Kōzuke | Kushiro | Mikawa | Mimasaka | Mino | Musashi | Mutsu | Nagato | Nemuro | Noto | Oki | Omi | Oshima | Osumi | Owari | Sado | Sagami | Sanuki | Satsuma | Settsu | Shima | Shimousa | Shimotsuke | Shinano | Shiribeshi | Suō | Suruga | Tajima | Tamba | Tango | Teshio | Tokachi | Tosa | Tōtōmi | Tsushima | Wakasa | Yamashiro | Yamato | Yoshino

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