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Echigo (越後国; -no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side, northernmost part of the Hokurikudo (北陸道)circuit. It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kozuke, Shinano, and Etchu provinces. Today the area is part of Niigata prefecture, which also includes the island which was the old Sado province. Image File history File links Japan_prov_map_echigo. ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ... The Sea of Japan (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ... Uzen (羽前国 ; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan, which today composes the major part of Yamagata prefecture. ... Iwashiro (Ja. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Shinano (信濃国; -no kuni) is an old province of Japan that is now present day Nagano prefecture. ... Etchu (越中国; EtchÅ«-no kuni) was an old province in central Honshu, on the Sea of Japan side. ... Niigata Prefecture ) is located on Honshu island on the coast of the Sea of Japan. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ...


Echigo was ruled by Uesugi Kenshin and his heirs during the Sengoku period; later it became a fief of Ieyasu's Matsudaira relatives. Uesugi Kenshin February 18, 1530—April 19, 1578) was a warlord who ruled Echigo province in the Sengoku Period of Japan. ... The Sengoku Period (戦国時代 Sengoku jidai) or warring-states period, is a period of long civil war in the History of Japan that spans through the middle 15th to the early 17th centuries. ...


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Echigo Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (135 words)
Echigo (越後国; -no kuni) was an old province in north-central Japan, on the Sea of Japan side, northernmost part of the Hokurikudo (北陸道)circuit.
It bordered on Uzen, Iwashiro, Kozuke, Shinano, and Etchu provinces.
Echigo was ruled by Uesugi Kenshin and his heirs during the Sengoku period; later it became a fief of Ieyasu's Matsudaira relatives.
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