Iwase Province

is an old province in the area of western Fukushima Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Kodama. (1958). 図日本文化史大系, p. 30; excerpt, 石背国 718-724? The history of the province started in 718 and ended in 722 or 724.

History
Iwase Province was created during the reign of Empress Genshō.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  

The province was established in 718.  The area of the province reverted to Mutsu some time between 722 and 724.

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:Fukushima Prefecture