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Hyuga (???; Hyuga -no kuni) was an old province 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....
 on the east coast of 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 ....
, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki....
. Hyuga bordered on 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....
, 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....
, Osumi
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
, and Satsuma Province
Satsuma Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Its abbreviation is Sasshu ....
s.

The ancient capital was near Saito
Saito, Miyazaki

is a cities of Japan located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 34,676 and the population density of 79.07 persons per km?....
.

he 3rd month of the 6th year of the Wado
Wado (era)

was a after Keiun and before Reiki . This period spanned the years from 708 through 715. The reigning emperor was ....
 era (713), the land of Hyuga-no kuni was administratively separated from Osumi province
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
. In that same year, Empress Gemmei
Empress Gemmei

was the 43rd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This sovereign is sometimes identified as Empress Genmyo....
's Daijo-kan continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period
Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijo-kyo . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyo, in 784 before moving to Heian-kyo , or Kyoto, a decade lat...
.

In Wado 6, Mimasaka province
Mimasaka Province

Mimasaka or Sakushu was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture. Mimasaka bordered Bitchu Province, Bizen Province, Harima Province, Hoki Province, and Inaba Provinces....
 was sundered from Bizen province
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
; and Tamba province
Tamba Province

was an Provinces of Japan of Japan. The ambit of its borders encompassed both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyogo Prefecture....
 was divided from Tango province
Tango Province

was an old provinces of Japan in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. Tango bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, and Wakasa Province provinces....
.






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Hyuga (???; Hyuga -no kuni) was an old province 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....
 on the east coast of 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 ....
, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki prefecture
Miyazaki Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki....
. Hyuga bordered on 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....
, 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....
, Osumi
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
, and Satsuma Province
Satsuma Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan that is now the western half of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu. Its abbreviation is Sasshu ....
s.

The ancient capital was near Saito
Saito, Miyazaki

is a cities of Japan located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 34,676 and the population density of 79.07 persons per km?....
.

Historical record

In the 3rd month of the 6th year of the Wado
Wado (era)

was a after Keiun and before Reiki . This period spanned the years from 708 through 715. The reigning emperor was ....
 era (713), the land of Hyuga-no kuni was administratively separated from Osumi province
Osumi Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Kagoshima prefecture. Osumi bordered on Hyuga Province and Satsuma Province provinces....
. In that same year, Empress Gemmei
Empress Gemmei

was the 43rd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This sovereign is sometimes identified as Empress Genmyo....
's Daijo-kan continued to organize other cadastral changes in the provincial map of the Nara period
Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijo-kyo . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyo, in 784 before moving to Heian-kyo , or Kyoto, a decade lat...
.

In Wado 6, Mimasaka province
Mimasaka Province

Mimasaka or Sakushu was a Provinces of Japan of Japan in the part of Honshu that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture. Mimasaka bordered Bitchu Province, Bizen Province, Harima Province, Hoki Province, and Inaba Provinces....
 was sundered from Bizen province
Bizen Province

Bizen was a Provinces of Japan of Japan on the Seto Inland Sea side of Honshu, in what is today the southeastern part of Okayama Prefecture. Bizen borders Mimasaka Province, Harima Province, and Bitchu Province provinces....
; and Tamba province
Tamba Province

was an Provinces of Japan of Japan. The ambit of its borders encompassed both the central part of modern Kyoto Prefecture and the east-central part of Hyogo Prefecture....
 was divided from Tango province
Tango Province

was an old provinces of Japan in the area that is today northern Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan. Tango bordered on Tajima Province, Tamba Province, and Wakasa Province provinces....
. In Wado 5 (712), Mutsu province
Mutsu Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan, made up of the present-day Prefectures of Japans of Fukushima Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Iwate Prefecture and Aomori Prefecture, and the municipalities of Kazuno, Akita and Kosaka, Akita in Akita Prefecture....
 had been severed from Dewa province
Dewa Province

is an old provinces of Japan of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka, Akita....
.

During the Sengoku period, the area was often divided into a northern fief around Agata castle (near modern Nobeoka
Nobeoka, Miyazaki

is the northernmost cities of Japan located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan....
), and a southern fief around Obi castle, near modern Nichinan
Nichinan, Miyazaki

is a cities of Japan located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.As of April 1, 2006 according to the 2005 National Census, the city has an estimated population of 43,976 and a density of 149.35 persons per km?....
. The southern fief was held by the Shimazu clan of nearby Satsuma for much of the period.

Further reading

  • Titsingh
    Isaac Titsingh

    Isaac Titsingh was a Dutch surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador. During a long career in East Asia, Titsingh was a senior official of the Dutch East India Company ....
    , Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], Nipon o daļ itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
    Royal Asiatic Society

    The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was, according to its Royal Charter of 11 August 1824, established to further "the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia." From its incorporation the Society has been a forum, through lectures, its jour...
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See also

  • IJN Hyuga
    Japanese battleship Hyuga

    Hyuga , named for Hyuga Province in Kyushu, was an laid down by Mitsubishi on 6 May 1915, launched on 27 January 1917 and completed on 30 April 1918....
    , 1918-1945
  • JDS Hyuga
    Hyuga class helicopter destroyer

    The Hyuga-class helicopter destroyers are a type of helicopter carrier being built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . They are planned to replace the 7,000-ton Haruna class destroyer currently in use....
    , in sea-trials