Kisarazu Prefecture - Kisarazu

Japanese: 木更津県 - きさらづけん

...It was the trailhead for Mount Kano, which was a place of worship for Edo citizens, and was also the setting for the famous kabuki play Yowasake Ukina no Yokogushi, which features the character Kirare Yoza. In 1871 (Meiji 4), the prefectural office of Kisarazu Prefecture, which governed Awa and Kazusa, was remodeled from the former residence of the lord of Sakurai Domain, and continued to exist until 1873, when Kisarazu Prefecture became Chiba Prefecture. In 1936, the Naval Air Corps and Naval Air Arsenal were established, and the Self-Defense Forces are still based here today.

From Chiba Prefecture

…On the other hand, the governors of Awa-Kazusa and Shimosasa, who were established in 1868, were put in charge of the former Tenryo territories, and the following year they became Miyatani and Katsushika prefectures, respectively. In 1871, the feudal domains were abolished and prefectures were established, and the feudal domains were transformed into prefectures. In the same year, the entire areas of Awa and Kazusa were merged into Kisarazu prefecture, while Katsushika, Sakura, Sekijuku, Sogano, and Ikumi prefectures, along with Yuki and Koga prefectures (now part of Ibaraki prefecture), were merged into Inba prefecture, and Tako, Takaoka, and Omigawa prefectures, along with eight Hitachi prefectures, were merged into Niihari prefecture. In 1873, Kisarazu prefecture and Inba prefecture merged to become Chiba prefecture, and in 1875, when Niihari prefecture was abolished, the three districts south of the Tone River were incorporated, and furthermore, the former Inba prefecture north of the Tone River was transferred to Ibaraki prefecture, and part of Katsushika district was transferred to Saitama prefecture, and the current prefectural boundaries were basically finalized. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…江戸市民の信仰を集めた鹿野山の登山口であり，切られ与三で有名な歌舞伎《与話情浮名横櫛（よわなさけうきなのよこぐし）》の舞台ともなった。1871年(明治4)安房，上総を管轄する木更津県の県庁が旧桜井藩主邸を改造して置かれ，73年木更津県が千葉県となるまで続いた。1936年に海軍航空隊と海軍航空廠が設置され，現在も自衛隊の基地がある。…

【千葉[県]】より

…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。73年木更津県と印旛県が合併して千葉県となり，75年新治県の廃県に伴い利根川以南の3郡を編入，さらに旧印旛県の利根川以北を茨城県へ，葛飾郡の一部を埼玉県に移管して，ほぼ現在の県域が確定した。…

※「木更津県」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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