Texas 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 Hokkaidō1869– Chishima Hidaka Iburi Ishikari Kitami Kushiro Nemuro Oshima Shiribeshi Teshio Tokachi Pre-Taihō Codeprovinces 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'."