Hizen Province

For the former Russian battle ship operated as Hizen by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1908 to 1922, see Russian battleship Retvizan.
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Hizen Province highlighted
Hizen Kokuchō Site in Saga
Hizen Kokubun-ji Site in Saga

Hizen Province (肥前国, Hizen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures.[1] It was sometimes called Hishū (肥州), with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo. The province was included in Saikaidō. It did not include the island provinces (now municipalities) of Tsushima and Iki that are now part of modern Nagasaki Prefecture.

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hizen" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 338, p. 338, at Google Books.