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Dewa Province
| Dewa Province 出羽国 | |||||||||||
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| Province of Japan | |||||||||||
| 712–1869 | |||||||||||
 Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Dewa Province highlighted | |||||||||||
| Capital | Hiraka District | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 712 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1869 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Akita Prefecture Yamagata Prefecture | ||||||||||
Dewa Province (出羽国, Dewa no kuni) was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture,[1] except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Ushū (羽州).
- ^ Kōdansha. (1993). "Akitajō" in Japan: an Illustrated Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 29.
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