Hokurikudō
Hokurikudō (北陸道, literally, "northern land Honshū. The name literally means 'North Land Way'. It also refers to a series of roads that connected the capitals (国府 kokufu) of each of the provinces that made up the region.
When the
Emperor Temmu, Koshi was divided into three regions: Echizen, Etchū and Echigo and Sado Island was added as a fifth province. Later, Noto and Kaga were carved out of Echizen
to form seven provinces in total.
The Hokuriku subregion of Chūbu region constitutes Hokurikudō region today.
See also
Notes
- ^ Deal, William E. (2005). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan, p. 83.
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- ^ Nussbaum, "Hokurikudō" in p. 345, p. 345, at Google Books
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