Aizu ( 会津 ) is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture , Japan , the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east. As of October 1, 2010, it had a population of 291,838. The principal city of the area is Aizuwakamatsu .
6-583: It was part of Mutsu Province ; the area once was part of Iwase Province created during the reign of Empress Genshō . The Yōrō Ritsuryo established the Iwase Province in 718 through the division of the Michinoku Province ( Mutsu Province ). It was composed of five districts of Shirakawa (白河), Iwase (石背), Aizu (会津), Asaka (安積) and Shinobu (信夫). The area encompassed by the province reverted to Mutsu some time between 722 and 724. During
12-610: The Edo period , Aizu Domain ( 会津藩 , Aizu-han ) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled most of the region from Aizuwakamatsu Castle . Following the Meiji restoration , it became part of the short-lived Iwashiro Province before becoming a region of Fukushima Prefecture. Although never an official province in its own right, Aizu has a very strong regional identity. (Listed alphabetized by Last Name/First Name in
18-627: The Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi , under the leadership of Fujiwara no Kiyohira . Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as a centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the temples Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi, and the Shiramizu Amidadō temple building in Iwaki . In 1189, Minamoto no Yoritomo invaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killing Fujiwara no Yasuhira and acquiring
24-539: The Japanese convention for clarity) Mutsu Province Mutsu Province ( 陸奥国 , Mutsu no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima , Miyagi , Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture . Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Michinoku ( 陸奥 or 道奥 ) . The term Ōu ( 奥羽 ) is often used to refer to
30-451: The combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa , which together make up the entire Tōhoku region . Mutsu, on northern Honshū , was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi , and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture . In 1095,
36-552: The entire domain. During the Sengoku period , clans ruled parts of the province. As a result of the Boshin War , Mutsu Province was divided by the Meiji government , on 19 January 1869, into five provinces: Iwashiro , Iwaki , Rikuzen , Rikuchū , and Rikuō ) . The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today's Aomori Prefecture , was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however,
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