Iwaki Province (1868)

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Iwaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408.  It was sometimes called .Murdoch, James. (1903).  A History of Japan, Vol. 3. p. 794.  The history of the province started in 1868 and ended in 1869.

History
During the Edo period and early Meiji period, the Date clan were daimyo in the area.Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Date, pp. 5 [PDF 9 of 80]; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-8. 

Related pages
 Iwaki Province (718)
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Fukushima Prefecture
Category:1868 establishments in Japan
Category:1860s disestablishments in Japan