Ugo Province

is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010. and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture.Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.  Along with Uzen Province, 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 1872.

History

During the Edo period and early Meiji period, the Satake clan were daimyo in the area.Papinot, Edmund. (2003). Nobiliare du Japon -- Satake, pp. 53 [PDF 57 of 80]; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; retrieved 2012-11-8. 

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

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
Category:Akita Prefecture
Category:Yamagata Prefecture