Katsushika prefecture

Japanese: 葛飾県 - かつしかけん

...At the end of the Edo period, Hitachi Province had the three Mito Domains, Yatabe, Ushiku, Aso, Shimodate, Shimotsuma, Kasama, Shishido, Tsuchiura, Fuchu, and in the northwest of Shimousa Province, Koga and Yuki, as well as small and medium-sized domains centered on family and hereditary clans, and there were also scattered Tenryo and Hatamoto domains. In the early Meiji period, Tenryo and Hatamoto domains came under the jurisdiction of the prefectural governors of Hitachi, Kazusa Awa, and Shimousa to become Wakamori Prefecture, Miyatani Prefecture, and Katsushika Prefecture, and the domains of Matsuoka, Shizuki, Matsukawa, and Ryugasaki were newly established, the Fuchu Domain was renamed Ishioka Domain, and the Yatabe Domain was moved to Motegi in Shimotsuke Province. In 1871 (Meiji 4), following the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, the four prefectures of Ibaraki, Niihari, Inba, and Kisarazu were consolidated, and in 1875 the current prefectural boundaries were established with the addition of part of Chiba Prefecture, which was formed by merging the latter two, and six Hitachi counties of Niihari Prefecture.

From Chiba Prefecture

...Furthermore, in 1868 (Meiji 1), when the Tokugawa family was transferred to the Suruga region, the Tanaka, Yokosuka, Hamamatsu, Kakegawa, Sagara, Ojima, and Numazu domains were transferred to Awa, Tsurumai, Shibayama (later renamed Matsuo), Kokubo, Kanazaki (later renamed Sakurai), and Kikuma (all Kazusa), respectively. In 1869, the Nagatoro domain in Uzen and in 1870, the Takanori domain in Shimotsuke, were transferred to Kazusa and Shimousa, respectively, and became Oami domain (transferred to Ryugasaki in Hitachi in 1870) and Sogano domain. Meanwhile, the Awa Kazusa prefectural governor and Shimousa prefectural governor, who were established in 1868, took charge of the former Tenryo, and the following year they became Miyatani and Katsushika prefectures, respectively. In 1571, the feudal domains were abolished and prefectures were established, and in the same year, the entire areas of Awa and Kazusa were integrated into Kisarazu Prefecture, the prefectures of Katsushika, Sakura, Sekijuku, Sogano, and Ikumi, along with the prefectures of Yuki and Koga (present-day Ibaraki Prefecture), were integrated into Inba Prefecture, and the prefectures of Tako, Takaoka, and Omigawa, along with the eight prefectures of Hitachi, were integrated into Niihari Prefecture.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸末期には常陸国に三家の水戸藩のほか，谷田部，牛久，麻生，下館，下妻，笠間，宍戸，土浦，府中，下総国北西部に古河，結城と家門，譜代を中心とした中小藩が置かれ，他に天領，旗本領などが散在していた。明治初年，天領，旗本領は常陸，上総安房，下総の知県事所管をへて若森県，宮谷（みやざく）県，葛飾県となり，松岡，志筑，松川，竜ヶ崎の諸藩が新設され，府中藩は石岡藩と改称し，谷田部藩は下野国茂木（もてぎ）に移った。1871年(明治4)廃藩置県をへて，茨城，新治（にいはり），印旛（いんば），木更津の4県に統合され，後2者が合併してできた千葉県の一部と新治県のうち常陸6郡を併せて，75年ほぼ現在の県域が定まった。…

【千葉[県]】より

…さらに1868年(明治1)徳川宗家の駿遠（すんえん）地方移封に伴い，同地の田中，横須賀，浜松，掛川，相良（さがら），小島（おじま），沼津の各藩が移されてそれぞれ長尾，花房(以上安房)，鶴舞，柴山(後に松尾藩と改称)，小久保，金崎(後に桜井藩と改称)，菊間(以上上総)の各藩となり，69年羽前の長瀞（ながとろ）藩，70年下野（しもつけ）の高徳藩が上総，下総に移されて大網藩(1870年常陸竜ヶ崎へ転封)，曾我野藩となった。一方，1868年に置かれた安房上総知県事と下総知県事が旧天領を管轄し，翌年それぞれ宮谷（みやざく）県，葛飾（かつしか）県となった。71年廃藩置県によって藩は県となったが，同年安房，上総の全域は木更津県に，葛飾，佐倉，関宿，曾我野，生実の各県は結城･古河両県(現，茨城県域)とともに印旛（いんば）県に，多古，高岡，小見川の各県は常陸8県とともに新治（にいはり）県に統合された。…

※「葛飾県」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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