kuni (ancient Japanese province)

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Kuni (ancient Japanese province) refers to the historical territorial divisions of Japan that served as the primary administrative units under the ritsuryō system before the emergence of modern prefectures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
kuni (ancient Japanese province) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territorial unit of Japan ⓘ
historical administrative division ⓘ
abolishedBy Meiji government ⓘ
linked to: Meiji oligarchy
abolishedDuring Meiji period reforms ⓘ
linked to: Meiji Restoration
administrativeLevel primary regional division ⓘ
belongsToTradition ritsuryō state ⓘ
capitalType provincial capital (kokufu) ⓘ
category Former provinces of Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
distinctFrom kuni (Japanese word for country) ⓘ
modern prefectures of Japan ⓘ
function judicial jurisdiction ⓘ
military conscription unit ⓘ
tax collection unit ⓘ
governanceSystem centralized imperial administration ⓘ
governedFrom kokufu (provincial capital) ⓘ
governorTitle kokushi ⓘ
hasAspect land assessment unit ⓘ
population registration unit ⓘ
hasFunction implementation of central laws in provinces ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 国 ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver local shrines and temples (under ritsuryō) ⓘ
hasLanguage Classical Japanese ⓘ
hasRoleIn territorial organization of premodern Japan ⓘ
historicalSource Engishiki ⓘ
Shoku Nihongi ⓘ
legalBasis ritsuryō codes ⓘ
mappedTo modern Japanese prefectures ⓘ
partOf Gokishichidō ⓘ
precedes han system in Edo period ⓘ
relatedConcept han (feudal domains) ⓘ
relatedTo Gokishichidō regional system ⓘ
replacedBy prefectures of Japan ⓘ
replacedInYear 1870s (approximate) ⓘ
scriptUsed classical Chinese characters ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
subdividedInto gun (districts) ⓘ
kōri (districts) ⓘ
supervisedBy kokushi (provincial governor) ⓘ
timePeriod Heian period ⓘ
Nara period ⓘ
classical Japan ⓘ
typeOfBoundary administrative boundary ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Japanese emperor ⓘ
Yamato court ⓘ
usedIn ritsuryō system ⓘ
writingSystem kanji ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

kuni no miyatsuko → relatedConcept → kuni (ancient Japanese province) ⓘ
subject linked to: kuni no miyatsuko local rulers