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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Chikuzen Province highlighted
Chikuzen Province (筑前国, Chikuzen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area that is today part of Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Along with Chikugo Province, it was sometimes called Chikushū (筑州).
Chikuzen had borders with Buzen, Bungo, Chikugo, and Hizen Provinces.
The ancient capital city of the province was near Dazaifu.

Contents

1 History
2 Shrines and Temples
3 Related pages
4 References
5 Other websites



History[change | change source]
At the end of the 13th century, Chikuzen was the landing point for a Mongol invasion force. But the main force was destroyed by a typhoon which was later called kamikaze.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Chikuzen Province were reformed in the 1870s.[2]

Shrines and Temples[change | change source]
Sumiyoshi jinja
Sumiyoshi-jinja and Hakosagi-gū were the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of Chikuzen.[3]

Related pages[change | change source]
Provinces of Japan
Prefectures of Japan
List of regions of Japan
List of islands of Japan
Chikuzen Seamount
References[change | change source]


↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Chikuzen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 114.

↑ Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at p. 780.

↑ "Nationwide List of Ichinomiya," p. 3 Archived 2013-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-1-18.


Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Chikuzen Province at Wikimedia Commons

Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903
vteProvinces of JapanKinai
Izumi
Kawachi
Settsu
Yamashiro
Yamato
Yoshino 716–738
Tōkaidō
Awa
Hitachi
Iga
Ise
Izu
Kai
Kazusa
Mikawa
Musashi
Owari
Sagami
Shima
Shimōsa
Suruga
Tōtōmi
Tōsandō
Dewa -1869
Hida
Iwaki 718–724
Iwaki 1869–
Iwase 718–724
Iwashiro 1869–
Kōzuke
Mino
Ōmi
Mutsu –1869
Rikuō (or Mutsu) 1869–
Rikuchū 1869–
Rikuzen 1869–
Shimotsuke
Shinano
Suwa 721–731
Ugo 1869–
Uzen 1869–
Hokurikudō
Echigo
Echizen
Etchū
Kaga
Noto
Sado
Wakasa
San'indō
Hōki
Inaba
Izumo
Iwami
Oki
Tajima
Tanba
Tango
San'yōdō
Aki
Bingo
Bitchū
Bizen
Harima
Mimasaka
Nagato
Suō
Nankaidō
Awa
Awaji
Iyo
Kii
Sanuki
Tosa
Saikaidō
Bungo
Buzen
Chikugo
Chikuzen
Higo
Hizen
Hyūga
Iki
Ōsumi
Satsuma
Tane 702–824
Tsushima
Hokkaidō1869–
Chishima
Hidaka
Iburi
Ishikari
Kitami
Kushiro
Nemuro
Oshima
Shiribeshi
Teshio
Tokachi
Pre-Taihō Codeprovinces
Chichibu
Fusa
Hi
Keno
Kibi
Koshi
Kumaso
Toyo
Tsukushi
Source: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 780, p. 780, at Google Books; excerpt,
"Japan's former provinces were converted into prefectures by the Meiji government ... [and] grouped, according to geographic position, into the 'five provinces of the Kinai' and 'seven circuits'."


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