Uzen Province - Uzen no Kuni

Japanese: 羽前国 - うぜんのくに
Uzen Province - Uzen no Kuni

The name of a province newly established in 1868 (Meiji 1). It occupies most of Yamagata Prefecture. By a proclamation of the Dajokan on December 7 of the same year, the former Dewa Province was separated into two provinces, Uzen and Ugo. This was a measure by the new Meiji government to thoroughly promote the education and upbringing of the feudal domains of Mutsu and Dewa Provinces, which had formed the Oshu-Uu League of Feudal Domains and taken anti-government action during the Boshin War, by increasing the number of provinces from two to seven. Uzen Province was made up of four districts of Dewa Province, Okitama, Murayama, Mogami, and Tagawa, and the border with Ugo Province was the Mogami River in the Shonai region, Hinotodake and Kamurosan in the inland area, and the area south of these became Uzen Province. In reality, it was merely a division of regions, but it is also seen as having played a role in paving the way for the implementation of the modern prefecture system that followed after the administrative reforms that led to the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures. The unified Yamagata Prefecture that was established in 1876 was an area that added Akumi District (Ugo Province) to the area of ​​Uzen Province. The word Uzen is often used, particularly in the names of railway stations, such as Uzen Nagasaki (Nakayama Town, Higashimurayama District), Uzen Chitose (Yamagata City), and Uzen Tsubaki (Iide Town, Nishiokitama District).

[Akio Yokoyama]

[Reference item] | Dewa Province | Yamagata (prefecture)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

1868年(明治1)に新置された国名。山形県の大部分を占める。同年12月7日の太政官(だじょうかん)布告によって、それまでの出羽(でわ)国を羽前、羽後(うご)の2国に分離した。これは明治新政府が、戊辰(ぼしん)戦争にあたって奥羽列藩同盟を結んで反政府行動を起こした陸奥(むつ)、出羽両国の諸藩の地に対し、これまでの2国を7国にして、風俗の教化や撫育(ぶいく)の道を徹底しようとする一つの方策であった。羽前国は、これまでの出羽国のなかの置賜(おきたま)、村山、最上(もがみ)、田川の4郡からなり、羽後国との境界は、庄内(しょうない)地方は最上(もがみ)川、内陸部は丁岳(ひのとだけ)、神室山(かむろさん)とし、その以南を羽前国とした。実質的には地域区分にすぎなかったが、廃藩置県の行政変革を経て後の近代県制を実施していくうえでの地ならしの役割をもったともみられる。76年に成立する統一山形県は、羽前国の範囲に飽海(あくみ)郡(羽後国)が加わった地域となっている。羽前の語は、とくに鉄道の駅名として、羽前長崎(東村山郡中山町)、羽前千歳(ちとせ)(山形市)、羽前椿(つばき)(西置賜郡飯豊(いいで)町)などとして使われているものも少なくない。

[横山昭男]

[参照項目] | 出羽国 | 山形(県)

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