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Ugo Province

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Former province of Japan

Ugo Province (羽後国,Ugo-no kuni) is anold province of Japan in the area ofAkita Prefecture^[1] and some parts ofYamagata Prefecture (specificallyAkumi District).^[2] It was sometimes calledUshū (羽州), withUzen Province.

Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:

^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" inJapan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, atGoogle Books.
^Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005).The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.

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v t e Former provinces of Japan (List)
Kinai	Izumi Kawachi Settsu Yamashiro Yamato Yoshino716–738
Tōkaidō	Awa Hitachi Iga Ise Izu Kai Kazusa Mikawa Musashi Owari Sagami Shima Shimōsa Suruga Tōtōmi
Tōsandō	Dewa-1869 Hida Iwaki718–724 Iwaki1869– Iwase718–724 Iwashiro1869– Kōzuke Mino Ōmi Mutsu–1869 Rikuō (or Mutsu)1869– Rikuchū1869– Rikuzen1869– Shimotsuke Shinano Suwa721–731 Ugo1869– Uzen1869–
Hokurikudō	Echigo Echizen Etchū Kaga Noto Sado Wakasa
San'indō	Hōki Inaba Izumo Iwami Oki Tajima Tanba Tango
San'yōdō	Aki Bingo Bitchū Bizen Harima Mimasaka Nagato Suō
Nankaidō	Awa Awaji Iyo Kii Sanuki Tosa
Saikaidō	Bungo Buzen Chikugo Chikuzen Higo Hizen Hyūga Iki Ōsumi Satsuma Tane702–824 Tsushima
Hokkaidō 1869–	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Code provinces	Chichibu Fusa Hi Keno Kibi Koshi Kumaso Toyo Tsukushi
Source:Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" inJapan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, atGoogle Books; excerpt, "Japan's formerprovinces were converted intoprefectures by theMeiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the'five provinces of the Kinai' and'seven circuits'."

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