Iburi Province (胆振国,Iburi-no kuni), also called Ifuri, was a short-livedprovince located inHokkaidō. It corresponds to modern-dayIburi Subprefecture,Yamakoshi District ofOshima,Abuta District inShiribeshi Subprefecture, the cities ofChitose andEniwa inIshikari Subprefecture andShimukappu Village inKamikawa Subprefecture.
After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido;[1] and regional administrative subdivisions were identified, including Iburi Province.[2]
In 1882, theHokkaido region was separated into three prefectures —Hakodate Prefecture (函館県),Sapporo Prefecture (札幌県), andNemuro Prefecture (根室県). In 1886, the three prefectures were abolished, and Hokkaido was put under the Hokkaido Agency (北海道庁).[3] At the same time, Iburi Province continued to exist for some purposes. For example, Iburi is explicitly recognized in treaties in 1894 (a) between Japan and theUnited States and (b) between Japan and theUnited Kingdom.[4]
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