Ugo Province

Ugo Province (羽後国, Ugo-no kuni) is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture[1] and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).[2] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Uzen Province.

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted

Historical districts

Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:

  • Yamagata Prefecture
    • Akumi District (飽海郡)
  • Akita Prefecture
    • Akita District (秋田郡)
      • Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
      • Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
    • Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
    • Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
    • Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
    • Semboku District (仙北郡)
    • Yamamoto District (山本郡)
    • Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.
  2. Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.

References
  • 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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