Echigo Province

was an old province in Japan in the area of Niigata Prefecture on the island of Honshū.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Echigo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 165.  

The province had borders with Uzen, Iwashiro, Kōzuke, Shinano, and Etchū Provinces. 

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

Geography
Echigo faced the Sea of Japan.

Shrines and Temples
Iyahiko jinju and Koko jinja were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Echigo."Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 2 . Retrieved 2012-1-17.

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:Niigata Prefecture