Mutsu Province ( 陸奥国 , Mutsu no kuni ) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima , Miyagi , Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture .
5-457: Oshu or Ōshū may refer to: Another name for Mutsu Province , a former Japanese province Ōshū, Iwate , Japan, a city Northern Fujiwara ( Ōshū Fujiwara-shi ), a Japanese noble family Ōshū Corporation Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oshu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-473: Is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa , which together make up the entire Tōhoku region . Mutsu, on northern Honshū , was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi , and became the largest as it expanded northward. The ancient regional capital of the Kinai government was Tagajō in present-day Miyagi Prefecture . In 1095,
15-610: The Ōshū Fujiwara clan settled at Hiraizumi , under the leadership of Fujiwara no Kiyohira . Kiyohira hoped to "form a city rivaling Kyoto as a centre of culture". The legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan remains with the temples Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji in Hiraizumi, and the Shiramizu Amidadō temple building in Iwaki . In 1189, Minamoto no Yoritomo invaded Mutsu with three great forces, eventually killing Fujiwara no Yasuhira and acquiring
20-588: The entire domain. During the Sengoku period , clans ruled parts of the province. As a result of the Boshin War , Mutsu Province was divided by the Meiji government , on 19 January 1869, into five provinces: Iwashiro , Iwaki , Rikuzen , Rikuchū , and Rikuō ) . The fifth of these, corresponding roughly to today's Aomori Prefecture , was assigned the same two kanji as the entire province prior to division; however,
25-460: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oshu&oldid=825413523 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mutsu Province Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū ( 奥州 ) or Michinoku ( 陸奥 or 道奥 ) . The term Ōu ( 奥羽 )
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