Iwaki Province (718)

was an old province in the area that is today Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Iwaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 408.  The history of the province started in 718 and ended between 722 and 724.

History
Iwaki Province was created during the reign of Empress Genshō.Meyners d'Estrey, Guillaume Henry Jean  (1884). Annales de l'Extrême Orient et de l'Afrique, Vol. 6, p. 172; excerpt, Genshō crée sept provinces : Idzumi, Noto, Atoa, Iwaki, Iwase, Suwa et Sado en empiétant sur celles de Kawachi, Echizen, Etchū, Kazusa, Mutsu and  Shinano

Related pages
 Iwaki Province (1868)
 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

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Category:Miyagi Prefecture
Category:710s establishments in Japan
Category:720s disestablishments in Japan