Echigo Province

Echigo (???; -no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kozuke, Shinano, and Etchu provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado province.

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Old province - Japan - Sea of Japan - Uzen - Iwashiro - Kozuke - Shinano - Etchu province - Niigata prefecture - Sado province

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Echigo was ruled by Uesugi Kenshin and his heirs during the Sengoku period; later it became a fief of Ieyasu's Matsudaira relatives.

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Uesugi Kenshin - Sengoku

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