Ugo Province - Ugo no Kuni

Japanese: 羽後国 - うごのくに
Ugo Province - Ugo no Kuni

The name of the province was newly established in 1868 (Meiji 1). On December 7 of the same year, by a proclamation from the Dajokan, the former Dewa Province was divided into two provinces, Uzen and Ugo, and this northern part of the province was named Ugo. The province borders Rikuzen Province (Miyagi Prefecture) and Rikuchūgoku Province (Iwate Prefecture) to the east, Mutsu Province (Aomori Prefecture) to the north, and the Sea of ​​Japan to the west. The new government took this measure just after the Boshin War, and it is believed that this was partly a policy move to bring the Tohoku domains under strong government control after the war. Eight counties from Dewa Province, namely Akumi, Akita, Kawabe, Senboku, Ogachi, Yamamoto, Hiraka, and Yuri, were incorporated into Ugo Province. In 1871, Ugo Province was abolished due to the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, and Akumi District was incorporated into Yamagata Prefecture in the same year, and the other seven districts, together with Kazuno District in Rikuchu Province, became Akita Prefecture. Even today, the JR stations there use the name Ugo Honjo (Yurihonjo City), Ugo Sakai (Daisen City), and Ugo Ushijima (Akita City).

[Hideo Takahashi]

[Reference] | Dewa Province

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

1868年(明治1)に新置された国名。同年12月7日、太政官(だじょうかん)布告によって、それまでの出羽(でわ)国が羽前・羽後の2国に分離したその北部にあたる。東は陸前国(宮城県)・陸中国(岩手県)、北は陸奥(むつ)国(青森県)、西は日本海に接する。新政府が戊辰(ぼしん)戦争直後の時期にこの措置をとったのは、戦後の東北諸藩を強力に政府の統制下に置くことをねらった政策的意図もあったものとみられる。出羽国のうち飽海(あくみ)、秋田、河辺(かわべ)、仙北(せんぼく)、雄勝(おがち)、山本、平鹿(ひらか)、由利(ゆり)の8郡が羽後国に編入された。1871年廃藩置県により羽後国は廃止となり、飽海郡は酒田県を経て同年山形県に編入され、他の七つの郡は陸中国鹿角(かづの)郡とあわせて秋田県となった。現在でもJRの駅名として羽後本荘(ほんじょう)(由利本荘市)、羽後境(大仙(だいせん)市)、羽後牛島(秋田市)などとして使用されている。

[高橋秀夫]

[参照項目] | 出羽国

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