page_title: Mutsu Province (1868)
hierarchical_section_title: Mutsu Province (1868)
context_page_description: Mutsu Province, officially called Rikuō Province was an old province of Japan in the area of Iwate and Aomori prefecture.
  It was also known as Ōshū or Rikushū. In the Meiji era, the province was cut down to cover only present-day Aomori and given the new name Rikuō Province, which retained the original kanji.
context_section_description: Mutsu Province (陸奥国 Mutsu no kuni), officially called Rikuō Province (陸奥国 Rikuō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Iwate and Aomori prefecture.
  It was also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Rikushū (陸州). In the Meiji era, the province was cut down to cover only present-day Aomori and given the new name Rikuō Province, which retained the original kanji.
caption: Rikuō (Mutsu) Province from 1869 onwards