Chikugo Province

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Chikugo Province

is the name of a former province

Provinces of Japan

Before the modern Prefectures of Japan was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni , usually known in English language as provinces....
of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on Kyushu Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka, Fukuoka....
, on Kyushu

Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
. Chikugo was bordered by Hizen

Hizen Province

was a former old provinces of Japan of Japan which bordered on the provinces Chikuzen province and Chikugo province. It was included in Saikaido, and today the area is split into Saga prefecture and Nagasaki prefecture prefectures, although it did not include the regions of Tsushima Province and Iki Province that are now part of modern Nagasaki...
, Chikuzen

Chikuzen Province

Chikuzen was an Provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu, but without the southern and eastern parts of Fukuoka....
, Bungo

Bungo Province

was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in eastern Kyushu. It bordered Buzen Province, Hyuga Province, Higo Province, Chikugo Province, and Chikuzen Province provinces....
, and Higo

Higo Province

Higo was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Higo bordered on Chikugo Province, Bungo Province, Hyuga Province, Osumi Province, and Satsuma Province....
Provinces.

The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka

Kurume, Fukuoka

is a cities of Japan located in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.The city has an estimated population of 306,140 and the population density of 1,332 persons per km?....
; in the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held a southern fief at Yanagawa

Yanagawa, Fukuoka

is a cities of Japan located in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 41,048 and the population density of 1,102.55 persons per square kilometer....
, and the Arima clan held a northern fief at Kurume.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Chikugo Province'

Start a new discussion about 'Chikugo Province'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia