Oshima Province

Oshima Province (渡島国, Oshima-no kuni) was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to the southern part of today's Oshima and Hiyama Subprefectures

Location of Oshima Province c. 1869.

History

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Oshima Province.[2]

  • August 15, 1869 Oshima Province established with seven districts
  • 1872 Census reports 75,830 inhabitants of the province
  • July, 1881 Tsugaru District and Fukushima District merged to form Matsumae District, reducing the number of districts to six.
  • 1882 Provinces dissolved in Hokkaidō.

Districts
  • Kameda (亀田郡, -gun))
  • Kayabe (茅部郡)
  • Kamiiso (上磯郡)
  • Fukushima (福島郡), merged with Tsugaru District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
  • Tsugaru (津軽郡), merged with Fukushima District in 1881 to form Matsumae District
  • Hiyama (檜山郡)
  • Nishi (爾志郡)

Notes
  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaido" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 343, p. 343, at Google Books.
  2. Satow, Ernest. (1882). "The Geography of Japan" in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Vols. 1-2, p. 88., p. 33, at Google Books

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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