Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Hitachi Province highlighted
Capital
Hitachi Kokufu and Mito
History
• Established
7th century
• Disestablished
1871
Succeeded by
Ibaraki Prefecture
Today part of
Ibaraki Prefecture
Hitachi Kokufu Ruins Stone Monument in IshiokaView of Hitachi Province, Hokusai woodcut in 1830
Hitachi Province (常陸国, Hitachi no Kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture.[1] It was sometimes called Jōshū (常州). Hitachi Province bordered on Shimōsa (Lower Fusa), Shimotsuke, and Mutsu (Iwase -1718-, Iwashiro -1869-, Iwaki -1718- and -1869-) Provinces. Generally, its northern border was with Mutsu.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hitachi fudoki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 336, p. 336, at Google Books.
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used for a population living in the old Hitachiprovince (today's Ibaraki Prefecture) mentioned by the Hitachi Fudoki. Their name may be at the origin...
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records mentioning the shrine are in the Asuka period Fudoki (風土記) of Hitachiprovince, indicating that a kobe (神戸), or private house of ritual was rebuilt...
Ujiyasu, who brought the Hōjō into conflict against the Satake clan of HitachiProvince. The Satake was led by Satake Yoshishige, who was renowned for his...
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