Buzen Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukuoka Prefecture and Ōita Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Buzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 96.  Along with Bungo Province, it was sometimes called . 

Buzen had borders with Bungo and Chikuzen Provinces.

The ancient capital city of the province was near Toyotsu, Fukuoka. Whitney, Willis Norton. (1889).  A Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, Chief Towns and Villages of Japan, p. 177. 

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

Shrines and Temples
Usa-jinjū was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Buzen.  
"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
 Buzen Seamount
 Buzen, Fukuoka

References

Other websites 

  Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903

Category:Former provinces of Japan
Category:Fukuoka Prefecture
Category:Ōita Prefecture