Hitachi Province

was an old province of Japan  in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780;  "Hitachi fudoki" at p. 336 It was sometimes called . 

The province had borders with Iwashiro, Iwaki, Shimōsa, and Shimotsuke Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Ishioka.

History
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.  The maps of Japan and Hitachi Province were reformed in the 1870s.Nussbaum, p. 780.

Shrines and Temples
Kashima jinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Hitachi.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 1 ; retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 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