Tsukushi Province

Former province of Japan

Tsukushi Province (筑紫国, Tsukushi-no kuni) was an ancient province of Japan, in the area of Chikuzen and Chikugo provinces.[1] This province was located within Fukuoka Prefecture.[2] It was sometimes called Chikushū (筑州).

Notes

  1. ^ Satow, Ernest. (1874). "The Geography of Japan," Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vol. 1-2, p. 35., p. 35, at Google Books
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 114, p. 114, at Google Books, "Chikugo" at p. 113, p. 113, at Google Books.

References

  • Asiatic Society of Japan. (1874). Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. Yokohama: The Society. OCLC 1514456
  • Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
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Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai
  • Izumi
  • Kawachi
  • Settsu
  • Yamashiro
  • Yamato
  • Yoshino 716–738
TōkaidōTōsandō
HokurikudōSan'indōSan'yōdōNankaidōSaikaidōHokkaidō
1869–Pre-Taihō Code
provinces
Chichibu
Fusa
Hi
Keno
Kibi
Koshi
Kumaso
Toyo
Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt,
"Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."


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