Iwaki Province

This province was established on December 7, 1868 (Meiji 1) when Mutsu Province was divided into five provinces: Iwaki, Iwashiro, Rikuzen, Rikuchu, and Mutsu. It was established in the area that corresponds to the southern and eastern parts of Fukushima Prefecture and the southern tip of Miyagi Prefecture, and consisted of 13 districts: Shirakawa (Nishi Shirakawa), Ishikawa, Tamura, Kikuta, Shirakawa (Higashi Shirakawa), Iwasaki, Iwaki, Naraha, Shireha, Namekata, Uda, Date, and Watari. However, according to the Daijokan Nisshi No. 110 of the following year, 1869, a revision of the division of provinces was carried out on December 8 of the same year, and Date District was incorporated into Iwaki Province, and the two districts of Katta and Igu were transferred from Iwaki Province to Iwaki Province. As a result, Iwaki Province had 14 districts, with a rice yield of 606,904 koku, 7 to, 9 sho, 5 go, 6 shaku, 6 sai. On August 21, 1876, when Fukushima, Wakamatsu, and Iwaki Prefectures were merged to form Fukushima Prefecture, the northern districts of Iwaki Province, Watari, Igu, and Katta, were incorporated into Miyagi Prefecture, and all other districts were incorporated into Fukushima Prefecture. In 1896, the three districts of Kikuta, Iwaki, and Iwaki became Iwaki District, the two districts of Naraha and Shireha became Futaba District, and the two districts of Namegata and Uta became Soma District.

[Hiroshi Honda]

"The History of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, Volume 1" (1889, Fukushima Prefecture) "The History of Fukushima Prefecture Cities, Towns and Villages" (1958, Fukushima Prefecture)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

1868年（明治1）12月7日陸奥(むつ)国を磐城、岩代(いわしろ)、陸前、陸中、陸奥(むつ)の5か国に分国したとき建置された国。現在の福島県南部、東部および宮城県の南端部にあたる地域で、白河（西白河）、石川、田村、菊多、白川（東白川）、磐前(いわさき)、磐城、楢葉(ならは)、標葉(しねは)、行方(なめかた)、宇多(うだ)、伊達(だて)、亘理(わたり)の13郡をもって成立した。しかし翌69年の『太政官(だじょうかん)日誌』第110号によると、同年12月8日分国改正が行われ、伊達郡は岩代国に編入され、刈田(かった)、伊具(いぐ)の2郡は岩代国から磐城国に編入された。これによって磐城国は14郡、石高60万6904石7斗9升5合6勺6才となった。76年8月21日福島、若松、磐前の3県が合併して福島県が成立したとき、磐城国は北部の亘理、伊具、刈田3郡は宮城県に、他のすべての郡は福島県に編入された。96年菊多、磐前、磐城の3郡は石城(いわき)郡となり、楢葉、標葉の2郡は双葉郡、行方、宇多の2郡は相馬郡となった。

［誉田　宏］

『『福島県会沿革誌　上巻』（1889・福島県）』▽『『福島県市町村沿革』（1958・福島県）』

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