Echigo Province

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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 Hokurikudō (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.

Echigo was ruled by Uesugi Kenshin and his heirs during the Sengoku period; later it became a fief of Ieyasu's Matsudaira relatives.

[edit] Former Districts

• Dewa District (出羽郡, later broke off to become Dewa Province)
• Iwafuna District (岩船郡)
• Kanbara District (蒲原郡)
• Kariwa District (刈羽郡, once part of Etchu Province, formerly Mishima District)
• Koshi District (古志郡, once part of Etchu Province)
• Kubiki District (頸城郡, once part of Etchu Province)
• Numataru District (沼垂郡, later merged into Kanbara District)
• Santo District (三島郡, broke of from Koshi District during Edo Period)
• Uonuma District (魚沼郡, once part of Etchu Province)

The article incorporates text from OpenHistory.