Ugo Province
Ugo Province (羽後国, Ugo no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [ɯ̈́.ɡò̞ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì), -ŋò̞ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì)][1][2][3]) is an old province of Japan in the area of Akita Prefecture[4] and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture (specifically Akumi District).[5] It was sometimes called Ushū (羽州), with Uzen Province.
Historical districts
[edit]Ugo Province consisted of nine districts:
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Akumi District (飽海郡)
- Akita Prefecture
- Akita District (秋田郡)
- Kitaakita District (北秋田郡)
- Minamiakita District (南秋田郡)
- Hiraka District (平鹿郡) - dissolved
- Kawabe District (河辺郡) - dissolved
- Ogachi District (雄勝郡)
- Semboku District (仙北郡)
- Yamamoto District (山本郡)
- Yuri District (由利郡) - dissolved
- Akita District (秋田郡)
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Hirayama, Teruo, ed. (15 September 2010) [30 June 1960]. 全国アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (31st ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Tokyodo Shuppan. p. 56. ISBN 978-4-490-10023-5.
- ↑ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (1 April 2025) [10 April 2014]. 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Sanseido. p. 71. ISBN 978-4-385-13468-0.
- ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, ed. (20 June 2025) [25 May 2016]. NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese) (15th ed.). Shibuya, Tokyo: NHK Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-4-14-011345-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ugo" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 1010, p. 1010, at Google Books.
- ↑ Newland, Amy Reigle. (2005). The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, p. 428.
References
[edit]- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
Other websites
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