Back Província de Mutsu Catalan Provincie Mucu Czech Provinz Mutsu German Provincia de Mutsu Spanish ولایت موتسو FA Mutsun provinssi Finnish Province de Mutsu French Provincia de Mutsu GL Provinsi Mutsu ID Mutsu (provincia) Italian
| Mutsu Province 陸奥国 | |||||||||||||||
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| Province of Japan | |||||||||||||||
| 654–1869 | |||||||||||||||
 Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Mutsu Province highlighted | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Miyagi District | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Established | 654 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1869 | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Fukushima Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Akita Prefecture Aomori Prefecture | ||||||||||||||
Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture.
Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Michinoku (陸奥 or 道奥). The term Ōu (奥羽) is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa, which together make up the entire Tōhoku region.