Comparison of past and present administrative divisions of Japan

The geography and administrative subdivisions of Japan have evolved and changed during the course of its history. These were sometimes grouped according to geographic position.[1]

Kinai

Tōkaidō

The Tōkaidō' is a region; and its name literally means 'Eastern Sea Way'.[2] The term also identifies a series of roads connecting the 15 provincial capitals of the region.[3]

Tōsandō

The Tōsandō is a region which straddles the central mountains of northern Honshū.[4] The descriptive name also refers to a series of roads connecting the provincial capitals.[3] Tōsandō included Musashi province after 711.[4]

Hokurikudō

San'indō

San'yōdō

Nankaidō

Saikaidō

Hokkaidō

Notes

  1. 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'."
  2. Nussbaum, "Tōkaidō" at p. 973, p. 973, at Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 57., p. 57, at Google Books
  4. 1 2 Nussbaum, "Tōsandō" at p. 988, p. 988, at Google Books.

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