Chikuzen Province

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 114.   Along with Chikugo Province, it was sometimes called .

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

The ancient capital city of the province was near Dazaifu.

History
At the end of the 13th century, Chikuzen was the landing point for a Mongol invasion force. But the main force was destroyed by a typhoon which was later called kamikaze.

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

Shrines and Temples
Sumiyoshi-jinja and Hakosagi-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Chikuzen."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
 Chikuzen Seamount

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Fukuoka Prefecture