Difference between revisions of "Chikuzen province"
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Its location facing Korea also made Chikuzen the site of defensive preparations and battle against the [[Mongol invasions]] of the late 13th century, and of preparations and departure for [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] in the 16th century. | Its location facing Korea also made Chikuzen the site of defensive preparations and battle against the [[Mongol invasions]] of the late 13th century, and of preparations and departure for [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] in the 16th century. | ||
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| + | The population of the province as a whole, at its [[Edo period]] peak in [[1718]], was around 372,000. Following the [[1732]] [[Kyoho famine|Kyôho famine]], the population stabilized around 307,000, and then stagnated. Only around 1800 did the population begin to recover, reaching pre-famine levels by the 1860s. In the meantime, unlike in many other areas, little new land was brought under cultivation.<ref>Kalland, 54-55.</ref> | ||
==Han in Chikuzen== | ==Han in Chikuzen== | ||
Revision as of 22:35, 3 October 2014
- Japanese: 筑前国 (Chikuzen no kuni)
Chikuzen province, comprising the western portions of what is today Fukuoka prefecture, sat in northern Kyushu, bordering Buzen province to the east, Chikugo province to the south, and Hizen province to the west, and incorporated a number of small islands, including Okinoshima and Oronoshima, in the Genkai Sea, between Kyushu and Tsushima. Hakata and Fukuoka were the most major cities, along with Dazaifu.
As the region of "mainland" Japan closest to the Korean Peninsula, some sources credit Chikuzen with being the first place in Japan to have wet-rice agriculture and metal tools, introduced during the Yayoi period, and the first to be introduced to Buddhism and writing.[1]
Its location facing Korea also made Chikuzen the site of defensive preparations and battle against the Mongol invasions of the late 13th century, and of preparations and departure for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea in the 16th century.
The population of the province as a whole, at its Edo period peak in 1718, was around 372,000. Following the 1732 Kyôho famine, the population stabilized around 307,000, and then stagnated. Only around 1800 did the population begin to recover, reaching pre-famine levels by the 1860s. In the meantime, unlike in many other areas, little new land was brought under cultivation.[2]
Han in Chikuzen
- Tôrenji han 東蓮寺藩
- Fukuoka han 福岡藩
- Akizuki han 秋月藩
Districts (郡)
- Shima district 志摩郡
- Ito district 怡土郡
- Sawara district 早良郡
- Naka district 那珂郡
- Mushiroda district 席田郡
- Misaka district 御笠郡
- Kasuya district 糟屋郡
- Munakata district 宗像郡
- Onga district 遠賀郡
- Kurate district 鞍手郡
- Honami district 穂波郡
- Kama district 嘉麻郡
- Yasu district 夜須郡
- Geza district 下座郡
- Jôza district 上座郡
