Talk:Provinces of Japan

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Does anyone have neat idea about naming of old provinces? I am going to put a suffix province to all of names to avoid ambiguation problem. Any though? -- Taku 23:22, 26 Sep 2003 (UTC)

The Japanese kanji should definitely be included, and rough correspondances to present-day prefectures would also be nice. --Jpatokal 12 Nov 2003

Contents 1 A map would be nice... 2 The circuits 3 Map Link 4 The provinces' subdivisions

[edit] A map would be nice...

Perhaps we could get these names attached to some sort of map... anyone?

[edit] The circuits

Were the circuits an administrative level?

[edit] Map Link

The page links to my page http://www.maproom.org/maps/books/japan/murdoch/, which is obsolete and possibly broken. I hope someone will substitute the current URL http://www.maproom.org/00/05/index.php Maproom 17:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Maproom (talk • contribs) 16:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC).

• Fixed. Wouldn't editing the article have required slightly less effort than editing the talk page? Willhsmit 23:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• • Of course it would. But my understanding is that wikipedia forbids one to make links to one's own pages, the judgment of an unbiassed person like yourself is required. Anyway, thank you. Maproom 15:01, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The provinces' subdivisions

Were the prefectures at the time before the Meiji Restoration the fiefdoms or han with about 300? If so, are there any references of those subdivisions? jlog3000 (talk) 12:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Provinces were divided into districts, as today's prefectures are (in fact, in most cases, the districts were the same before and after the establishment of the prefectures, though some districts were changed). The prefectures were created by the Meiji government, and had no existence before then. Nik42 (talk) 22:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)