Provinces of Japan
Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of kuni (国, countries). The English-language term provinces is used to encompass all of these units. Each province was divided into gun earlier kōri (郡, counties).
See also
- Eight Provinces (Korea)
- Traditional counties
- maproom.org
- samurai archives
Detailed maps of the provinces at different times can be found at:
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