is an old province of Japan in the area of Miyagi Prefecture (excluding Igu, Katta and Watari Districts) and parts of Iwate Prefecture (specifically Kesen District).Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Rikuzen" in . It was sometimes called , with Rikuchū and Mutsu Provinces.
History January 19, 1869: Rikuzen is separated from Mutsu Province. 1872: A census estimates the population at 534,609.
Historical districts Rikuzen Province consisted of fourteen districts:
Iwate Prefecture Kesen District (気仙郡) Miyagi Prefecture Kami District (加美郡) Kurihara District (栗原郡) - dissolved Kurokawa District (黒川郡) Miyagi District (宮城郡) Monou District (桃生郡) - dissolved Motoyoshi District (本吉郡) Natori District (名取郡) - dissolved Oshika District (牡鹿郡) Shibata District (柴田郡) Shida District (志田郡)- dissolved Tamatsukuri District (玉造郡) - dissolved Tōda District (遠田郡) Tome District (登米郡) - dissolved
See also Sanriku List of Provinces of Japan
Notes
References Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ; OCLC 58053128
Other websites
Murdoch's map of provinces, 1903