Kibi Province

Kibi Province (吉備国, Kibi no kuni) was an ancient province or region of Japan, in the same area as Okayama Prefecture and eastern Hiroshima Prefecture.^[1] It was sometimes called Bishū (備州).

It was divided into Bizen (備前), Bitchū (備中), and Bingo (備後) Provinces in the late 7th century, and Mimasaka Province was separated from Bizen Province in the 8th century. The first three provinces took a kanji from the name of Kibi, and added zen, chū, and go ("near," "middle," and "far") according to their distance from the capital region.

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↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kibi" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 512, p. 512, at Google Books.

References

Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128

Former provinces of Japan (List)

Kinai	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

Hokkaidō 1869-	Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi

Pre-Taihō Code provinces	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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Kibi Province

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