page_title: Echizen Province
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Echizen Province / History
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 『六十余州名所図会 越前 敦賀 気比ノ松原』English: View of Echizen Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853
context_page_description: Echizen Province was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukui Prefecture on the island of Honshū. Along with Etchū and Echigo Provinces, it was sometimes called Esshū.
  The ancient capital city of the province was at Echizen.
context_section_description: The boundaries of Echizen were formally established during the reigns of Empress Genshō and Empress Kōken.
  Before the boundaries were established, this area including Etchū and Echigo were called Koshi.
  In the Edo period, the daimyo of Fukui Domain lived at Fukui.
  In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Echizen Province were reformed in the 1870s.
caption: View of Echizen Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1853
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