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and was renamed "Hida Prefecture" on July 12, 1868. Ten days later, it was renamed "Takayama Prefecture" and on December 31, 1871, became "Chikuma Prefecture". On August 21, 1876, Chikuma was merged with the former Mino Province to become Gifu Prefecture.
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classification system, Hida was ranked as an "inferior country" (下国) and a middle country (中国) in terms of its importance and distance from the capital. Currently, the entire area of the former Hida Province consists of the cities of
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Also in this era, the Hida region became a center for the nationally important silk-making industry, leading to many women traveling there from the surrounding regions for work.
1607: 1612: 507: 410:, the province was fragmented into many small warlord territories, with the province as a whole becoming contested territory between the powerful 810: 388:, Hida's extensive forests were a major source of timber and metals for other provinces. River traffic from Hida down to Mino Province and 1632: 742: 75: 1627: 1622: 823: 308:, with extremely heavy snow in winter. Hida traditionally had strong economic and cultural ties with the neighboring 803: 776: 796: 611: 1577: 285: 1293: 734: 746: 1617: 1516: 655: 643: 1554: 1551: 689: 686: 1056: 1001: 880: 649: 289: 1573: 991: 958: 888: 531:
territory ruled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. The official in charge of Hida was the
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of the province have been located in "Kokufu-cho" of the city of Takayama, and the
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movement from neighboring Kaga and Etchū Provinces also added to the instability.
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territory. The area under its control consisted of 414 villages with a total
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of Takayama Castle and was held by 11 men from 1692 to 1765. The
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Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Hida Province highlighted
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due to the ease of transportation and poor connections to the
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for many generations; however, towards the start of the
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was also abolished. The area was divided into three
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Ancient Hida was governed by a 784:Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903 770: 474:and later fought on the side of 1633:1871 disestablishments in Japan 564:was then elevated to that of a 521:From 1692 until the end of the 671: 1: 1582:'five provinces of the Kinai' 718: 550:-level position located at a 758:Tokyo: Librairie Sansaisha. 436:Medieval and pre-modern Hida 7: 706: 612:abolition of the han system 295: 252:. Its abbreviated name was 225:of Japan. Hida bordered on 205: 10: 1649: 1628:History of Gifu Prefecture 325:Ancient and classical Hida 319: 245:Provinces. It was part of 1623:Former provinces of Japan 1540: 1479: 1405: 1327: 1284: 1231: 1178: 1130: 967: 879: 831: 820:Former provinces of Japan 556:built on the site of the 540: 259: 199: 164: 160: 156: 152: 142: 126: 122: 114: 110: 106: 67: 60: 50: 39: 34: 29: 21: 1547:Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric 735:Harvard University Press 727:and Käthe Roth. (2005). 725:Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric 678:Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric 664: 546:. Initially, this was a 280:and most of the city of 69: • Coordinates 16:Former province of Japan 602:Meiji period and beyond 190: 144:• Disestablished 30:pre-Meiji period Japan 779:at Wikimedia Commons 614:in 1871, the post of 400:held the position of 284:, and the village of 177: 1572:were converted into 630:Historical districts 525:, Hida Province was 480:Battle of Sekigahara 730:Japan encyclopedia. 510:was transferred to 87: /  1555:Japan Encyclopedia 690:Japan Encyclopedia 492:Tokugawa shogunate 462:Toyotomi Hideyoshi 454:Kanamori Nagachika 392:was heavy. 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Takayama
36°30′N 135°45′E / 36.500°N 135.750°E / 36.500; 135.750
Ritsuryō

Hiroshige
ukiyo-e
aerial ropeway
province of Japan
Gifu Prefecture
Chūbu region
Echizen
Mino
Shinano
Etchū
Kaga
Tōsandō
Circuit
Engishiki
Hida
Takayama
Gero
Shirakawa
Ōno District
Hida Mountains
Sea of Japan
Etchū Province
Pacific coast
Ritsuryō
Taihō Code

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