Echigo Prefecture

…At the end of the Edo period, Echigo was home to 11 domains, including Takada, Shibata, Nagaoka, Mineyama, Murakami, Muramatsu, Shiiya, Yoita, Itoigawa, Kurokawa, and Mikkaichi. In addition, the area was interwoven with tenryo (shrines), yori-chi (official domains), and hatamoto-ryo (official domains) enclaves, including Niigata. Sado, which had gold mines, was a tenryo (shrine). In 1868 (Meiji 1), the Niigata Court was established to govern the former tenryo of Echigo. It was soon renamed Echigo Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, and the northern part of the area was governed by the newly established Kashiwazaki Prefecture, while the southern part was governed by the Sado Court. Sado later became Sado Prefecture, and was later annexed to Niigata Prefecture. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Echigofu" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…江戸時代末期，越後には高田藩，新発田（しばた）藩，長岡藩をはじめ，三根山，村上，村松，椎谷，与板，糸魚川（いといがわ），黒川，三日市の11藩が置かれていたほか，新潟をはじめとする天領，預地，旗本領飛地が入り組んでおり，金山のあった佐渡は天領であった。1868年(明治1)越後の旧天領を管轄するため新潟裁判所が置かれ，まもなく越後府，新潟府と改称して北部を，新設された柏崎県が南部を管轄した。一方，佐渡には佐渡裁判所が置かれたが，その後佐渡県となり，さらに新潟府に併合された。…

※「越後府」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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