Ugo Province

Map of the former Japanese provinces with Ugo highlighted

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.

Historical 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

Other websites

Media related to Ugo Province at Wikimedia Commons

• Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903