Higo Province facts for kids
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Higo Province highlighted
Higo Province (肥後国; Higo no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū. Along with Hizen Province, it was sometimes called Hishū (肥州).
Higo had borders with Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces.
History
View of Higo Province, woodblock print by Hiroshige, 1856
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Higo Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples
Aso-jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Higo.
Related pages
Images for kids
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Statue of Hosokawa Tadatoshi within Suizen-ji Jōju-en.
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Mon of the Hosokawa clan.
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Mon of Tokugawa Shogunate.
See also
In Spanish: Provincia de Higo para niños
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