Mutsu Province

, also known as Michinoku,Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 197-198.was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005).  "Mutsu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 676;  "Rikuoko" at p. 790. It was also known as Murdoch, James. (1903).  A History of Japan, Vol. 3. p. 794. or .

History
The boundaries of Mutsu were formally established during the reigns of Empress Genshō and Empress Kōken.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

 709 (Wadō 2, 3rd month):  Fighting against Imperial authority.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 64. 

 712 (Wadō 5), Mutsu was separated from Dewa Province.

 801 (Enryaku 20): Mutsu was conquered by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.Nussbaum,  p. 676;  "Sakanoue no Tamuramaro" at p. 812. 

 869 (Jōgan 10, 5th month): An earthquake and tsunami caused more than 1,000 deaths.Titsingh, p. 119.

 1051 (Eishō 6): In Michinoku, the Nine Years War (1051–1062) begins. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi is named governor of Mutsu and he is given the title chinjufu shōgun..

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

Shrines and Temples
Tsutsukowake jinja and Shiogama jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Mutsu.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 . Retrieved 2012-1-17.

Related pages
 Mutsu Province (1868)
 Provinces of Japan
 Prefectures of Japan
 List of regions of Japan
 List of islands of Japan
 Sanriku

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

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