Echizen Province

Echizen Province
越前国
pre-Meiji period Japan
701 AD–1871

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Echizen Province highlighted
CapitalEchizen
Area
 • Coordinates36°24′N 136°30′E / 36.400°N 136.500°E / 36.400; 136.500
History 
• Ritsuryō system implemented
701 AD
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofFukui Prefecture

Echizen Province (越前国, Echizen-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan.[1] Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces. It was part of Hokurikudō Circuit. Its abbreviated form name was ' (Esshū, 越州).

Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Echizen" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Tsuruga Bay