Chikugo Province

is the name of a old province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chikugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 113.  Along with Chikuzen Province, it was sometimes called  

Chikugo had borders with Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.

History
The ancient capital city of the province was near Kurume, Fukuoka.

In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  Maps of Japan and Chikugo Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

Timeline of notable events
 1359 (Enbun 4): Battle of Chikugo River (Chikugogawa), Ashikaga gain a military victory.Tsuji, Zennosuke. (1932). The Humanitarian Ideas of the Japanese, p. 55; Depuy, Trevor Nevitt. (1992). "Kikuchi Takemitsu," The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, p. 402.
 1361 (Enbun 6) : Imperial forces led by Kikuchi Takemitsu capture Dazaifu. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Kikuchi Takemitsu" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 517.

Shrines and Temples
Kōra taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Chikugo.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 ; retrieved 2012-1-18.

Related pages
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Chikugo Seamount
 Chikugo, Fukuoka

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Fukuoka Prefecture