Prefectures - Ancient and Current
Current Prefecutures are established in Meiji Era. Here is a list to match the current prefectures and the ancient ones used in Edo Era and before.
Current and ancient prefectures sometimes match, such as Tochigi - Simotsuke, but sometimes not.
- (Hokkai-do - Ezo)
- Aomori-ken - Mutsu
- Iwate-ken - Rikuchu, Mutsu, Rikuzen
- Miyagi-ken - Rikuzen, Iwaki
- Akita-ken - Ugo
- Yamaga-ken - Uzen, Ugo
- Fukushima-ken - Iwashiro, Iwaki
- Ibaragi-ken - Hitachi, Simousa
- Tochigi-ken - Shimotsuke
- Gunma-ken - Kouzuke
- Saitama-ken - Musashi
- Chiba-ken - Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa
- Tokyo-to - Musashi
- Kanagawa-ken - Sagami, Musashi
- Niigata-ken - Echigo, Sado
- Toyama-ken - Ecchu
- Ishikawa-ken - Noto, Kaga
- Fukui-ken - Echizen, Wakasa
- Yamanashi-ken - Kai
- Nagano-ken - Shinano
- Gifu-ken - Mino, Hida
- Shizuoka-ken - Izu, Suruga, Toutoumi
- Aichi-ken - Mikawa, Owari
- Mie-ken - Ise, Shima, Iga, Kii
- Shiga-ken - Oumi
- Kyoto-fu - Yamashiro, Tango, Tanba
- Osaka-fu - Izumi, Kawachi, Settsu
- Hyogo-ken - Tanba, Tajima, Harima, Awaji, Settsu
- Nara-ken - Yamato
- Wakayama-ken - Kii
- Tottori-ken - Houki, Inawa
- Shimane-ken - Iwami, Izumo, Oki
- Okayama-ken - Bizen, Bicchu, Mimasaka
- Hiroshima-ken - Bingo, Aki
- Yamaguchi-ken - Suou, Nagato
- Tokushima-ken - Awa
- Kagawa-ken - Sanuki
- Ehime-ken - Iyo
- Kochi-ken - Tosa
- Fukuoka-ken - Chikuzen, Chikugo, Buzen
- Saga-ken - Hizen
- Nagasaki-ken - Hizen, Oki, Tsushima
- Kumamoto-ken - Higo
- Oita-ken - Buzen, Bungo
- Miyazaki-ken - Hyuga
- Kagoshima-ken - Hyuga, Oosumi, Satsuma
- (Okinawa-ken - Ryukyu)
Here, if the current prefecture covers the ancient region, then the ancient region is shown in bold.
The ancient prefectures are often used for branding, such as Echizen-yaki (Echizen ware).