Kōzuke Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Gunma Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōzuke" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 568. It is also known as  or .

The ancient capital city of the province was near Maebashi. 

History
In the Nara period, Kōzuke was part of Keno Province.  This was changed in the reforms of the Taihō Code in 701.Tsunoda, Ryūsaku et al. (1951). Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories: Later Han through Ming dynasties, p. 18 n25.

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

Shrines and Temples
Ichinomiyanukisaki jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Kōzuke.  
"Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 ; retrieved 2012-1-18.

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:Gunma Prefecture