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((Short description|Governmental Structure))
((More citations needed|date=February 2022))
The ((Nihongo|'''''Fuhanken Sanchisei'''''|府藩県三治制||"Fu, Han and Ken three-tiered Governance System")) was the subnational government structure in early [[Meiji period|Meiji]] [[Japan]]. It lasted from the [[Boshin War]], the start to the [[Meiji Restoration]], in 1868 until the [[Abolition of the han system|replacement of all remaining feudal domains ''(-han)'' with prefectures ''(-ken)'']] in 1871. During this period, prefectures, ((nihongo|urban [[prefecture]]s|府|fu)) and ((nihongo|rural prefectures|県|ken)), controlled by the new central government, and ((nihongo|''[[daimyō]]'' Domains|藩|[[han system|han]])), still under their pre-restoration feudal rulers, formed the primary administrative subdivisions of the country. The exact numbers varied continually as adjustments to the feudal territorial divisions, mergers and splits started to take up pace, but very roughly there were about >250 -han and about <50 -fu/-ken in total during this time<!--see the list linked below; afterwards: 305 prefectures in August 1871!-->.

As the political borders changed all the time, [[Provinces of Japan|ancient ritsuryō provinces]], essentially static except for some modernizing adjustments in the North where the giant provinces of Mutsu and Dewa (both [[Tōsandō|Tōsan Circuit]]) were split up and a new circuit ([[Hokkaidō|Hokkai Circuit]]) with 10 provinces was added on [[Ezo]], remained the primary geographic frame of reference even in Meiji Japan until around the turn of the century – just as they had been throughout the late Middle Ages and early modern period.

== Background ==
Ignoring minor territories such as Imperial Court lands or spiritual (shrine/temple) holdings, pre-restoration Japan was subdivided two types of territories: 1. the bakufu/shogunate territories (''baku-ryō'', subsequently also called ''[[Tenryō|ten-ryō]]'', "Imperial territories") held by the Tokugawa directly through local administrators (''daikan'', ''bugyō'', etc.) or the shogunate's minor vassals (sometimes grouped separately as ''[[hatamoto]]-ryō'') and 2. other families' feudal domain holdings (''han-ryō''). In the Boshin War and the beginning Meiji Restoration, the conquered/surrendered shogunate lands and a few rebel/shogunate loyalist domains such as [[Aizu Domain|Aizu]]/[[Wakamatsu Prefecture|Wakamatsu]] or [[Morioka Domain|Morioka]]/[[Morioka Prefecture|Morioka]] were organized in prefectures (urban ''-fu'' and rural ''-ken'') while all other feudal domains ''(-han)'' were allowed to continue to exist until 1871. Some domains were only newly created in the restoration, such as [[Shizuoka Domain]] which was granted to the Tokugawa after their fall and submission to the new government, or [[Tonami Domain]] which was created from parts of Morioka and left to a child heir of Aizu after the main territory of Aizu had been vanquished. The subnational administration in this period from 1868 to 1871 when centrally governed prefectures coexisted as primary subdivision of the country with domains, pledged into submission to the new Satsuma-Chōshū-dominated Imperial government, but still governed by their Tokugawa period feudal rulers, constitutes the -fu/-han/-ken system.

== Territorial composition and naming ==
Some of the current [[prefectures of Japan]] were created in this period, but they looked very different from what they are today, still with many disjoint feudal period ex- and enclaves as the domains remained mostly untouched and only the ex-shogunate/Imperial lands became prefectures. Some examples:
* [[Nagasaki Prefecture]] in 1868, successor to the [[Nagasaki bugyō]], covered less than what is today [[Nagasaki City]] and surrounding shogunate lands, was later expanded to include even what is today [[Saga Prefecture]] to recede to its current borders in 1883.
* [[Osaka Prefecture]], successor to the [[Osaka machi-bugyō]], covered less than what is today [[Osaka City]] plus former shogunate territories mostly in [[Settsu Province]], it was later expanded to include even what is today [[Nara Prefecture]], it reached its current borders in 1887 (see the [[List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture]])
* The first [[Nara Prefecture]] of 1868 covered shogunate territories in [[Yamato Province]]; in the 1871/72 first wave of prefectural mergers which followed the replacement of all feudal domains ''(-han)'' with prefectures ''(-ken)'' (called "abolition of -han & establishment of -ken" [haihan-chiken] in Japan, [[Abolition of the han system]] in the English Wikipedia), it was merged with the other prefectures in Yamato to cover all of Yamato. Nara ceased to exist in the second wave of prefectural mergers in 1876 when it was merged into [[Sakai Prefecture]] (堺県). (see [[Nara Prefecture#The establishment of Nara Prefecture]])
* Shogunate territories in [[Ōmi Province]] which had been governed by the Ōtsu bugyō became [[Ōtsu Prefecture]] (大津県) in 1868. In the replacement of domains with prefectures in 1871 and the subsequent prefectural mergers, Ōtsu was enlarged and several of the new, other prefectures/ex-domains in Ōmi Province (Hikone, Ōmi-Miyagawa, Yamakami, Asahiyama) were merged to become [[Inukami Prefecture]] (犬上県), then, in 1872, Ōtsu and Inukami were merged to become [[Shiga Prefecture]], it reached its present borders in 1881. (see [[Shiga Prefecture#History]])
* The port town of Niigata had come under direct shogunate control in the 1840s, it was a (planned)<!--but it was only implemented briefly after the Tokugawa had been ousted!--> [[treaty port]] forced open under the unequal treaties with the European colonial powers ([[Harris Treaty]] 1858); in 1868, the Shogunate controlled town (much less than what is today [[Niigata City]] which reached its current extent in 2005) and the scattered surrounding shogunate holdings in Echigo Province became [[Echigo Prefecture]] (越後府), later renamed to Niigata. The shogunate administration of fully Shogunate-controlled [[Sado Province]] became Sado Prefecture (佐渡県) in the restoration, later renamed to Aikawa. The fiefdoms in Echigo held by other families stayed fiefdoms in Echigo until fiefdoms were replaced with prefectures in 1871. Another prefecture to be created in Echigo Province was [[Kashiwazaki Prefecture]] ([[:ja:柏崎県|柏崎県]]). After a series of repeated mergers, name changes and splits (see the individual articles for details)<!--Niigata's merger history is somewhat complicated in the 1870s, too complicated to summarize sensibly here; [[:ja:越後府]] has a table that makes things a little clearer, but would be more suitably put into a specific article on Niigata's history/precursor prefectures and domains!-->, the prefectures in Echigo and Sado were ultimately merged to become one single prefecture, present-day [[Niigata Prefecture]]. It reached essentially its current borders in 1886 when East Kanbara County was transferred from Fukushima to Niigata.

[[File:Egawatei-omoya.jpg|thumb|Residence of the Egawa family that held the position of Nirayama daikan in the Edo period;<!--[[:ja:韮山代官所]]!--> an Egawa subordinate, [[Kashiwagi Tadatoshi]]<!--[[:ja:柏木忠俊]]!-->, went on to serve as prefectural governor of Nirayama and Ashigara for the new Meiji government; but in many other places local Tokugawa-era leaders were replaced with Satsuma-Chōshū nobles.]]
Other prefectures only existed under the fu/han/ken system. For example, Nirayama-ken replaced the Nirayma daikan, the shogunate administrator of shogunate possessions in Izu, Suruga, Sagami and Musashi provinces, seated in [[Nirayama, Shizuoka|Nirayama]] in [[Izu Province]]. Its main part was merged into [[Ashigara Prefecture]] in 1871/72 while exclaves went to other prefectures. Since the 1880s, Nirayama's former territory is split between [[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]], [[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]], [[Tokyo Prefecture|Tokyo]], [[Kanagawa]] and [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]].

It was the convention to name prefectures and ''han'' after the location of their [actual or in some cases: planned] prefectural/domain government, either by town/village or later often by ritsuryō [[districts of Japan|district]] (e.g. Mie, Saitama, Inba, Gunma). ''ken'' created in 1871 are generally named after their precursor ''han''.

== History ==

In June 1868, an interim constitution called the ((nihongo|''Seitaisho''|政体書)) was proclaimed, drafted by [[Fukuoka Takachika]] and [[Soejima Taneomi]], which established central government in Japan under the Meiji government. The act dissolved the Tokugawa era court houses, creating government controlled prefectural governors called ((nihongo|''chifuji''|知府事)) and ((nihongo|''chikenji''|知県事)). All other areas still under the power of a daimyo, ''han'', were left as they were with no structure changes, and an independent justice system.<ref name="Foote">((cite book | author1=Foote, Daniel H.  | title =Law in Japan: A Turning Point | year = 2011 | publisher = University of Washington Press | location = Washington |isbn = 978-0295801353))</ref>

On June 14, 1868, Hakodate-fu and Kyoto-fu were established as the first two prefectures under the new changes. At the time, the Imperial government army forces were fighting the [[Republic of Ezo]] in the [[Battle of Hakodate]], and despite the proclamation, the city of Hakodate had not fallen yet. By end of June, 11 prefectures had been created, including [[Edo]]-fu.

In July and August 1869 during the [[abolition of the han system]], the government issued ((nihongo|''hanseki hokan''|版籍奉還)) to the remaining Han, asking them to voluntarily return their domains, and later were ordered to by the Court, on threat of military action. The Daimyo who agreed to this were appointed as ((nihongo|''chihanji''|知藩事||"domain governors")), who had to follow the laws and instructions of the central government.

Many territories that became the first prefectures were territories confiscated from domains in the Boshin War, especially domains part of the ''[[Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei]]'' alliance.

Areas in Kanto did not initially receive a proper prefecture name and suffix, even though they had appointed officials for the areas.

=== Establishment of urban prefectures ===
((main|Fu (administrative division)))

When initially creating prefecture suffixes, the ''Seitaisho'' proclaimed all areas with a ''[[:ja:城代|jōdai]]'' (castle minder), namely [[Osaka]], [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Sunpu]] and [[Kyoto]], the ''[[Kyoto Shoshidai|shoshidai]]'' or a ''[[bugyō]]'' were given the prefectural suffix ''fu'', while any other area was designated ''ken''. The first two ((nihongo|urban prefectures|府|fu)) were created on June 14, 1868: [[Kyoto]]-fu and [[Hakodate]]-fu. By the end of 1868, ten ''fu'' had been established: Kyoto, Hakodate, [[Osaka]], [[Nagasaki]], [[Tokyo Prefecture|Edo]] (later Tokyo), [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], [[Ise, Mie|Watarai]], [[Nara, Nara|Nara]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Echigo]] (later Niigata) and [[Kōfu, Yamanashi|Kōfu]]. Due to some prefectures gaining non-urban land or being amalgamated into other territories, in 1869 three remained: Kyoto-fu, Osaka-fu and Tokyo-fu. This remained the same until 1943, when Tokyo-fu and Tokyo-shi were merged to form [[Tokyo Metropolis|Tokyo-to]].

=== Aftermath ===
After three major merger/reorganization waves and many smaller mergers, splits and border changes between the initially >300 prefectures (down to 75 by 1872, to <40 in the late 1870s), they took generally their present forms in the 1890s. The last change involving an entire prefecture was the separation of Kagawa from Ehime in 1888, a very late large territorial change was the transfer of the [[Tama area]] from [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] to [[Tokyo Prefecture|Tokyo]] in 1893. (Comparatively smaller changes through cross-prefectural municipal mergers or transfers of single neighbourhoods, border corrections through land changes, etc. continue to the day.) After the 1871/72 mergers, prefectures are contiguous, compact territories resembling or even identical to the [[ritsuryō]] [[provinces of Japan|provinces]] in many places.

== Established prefectures ==

The prefectures ''(-fu/-ken)'' listed below were all established before the replacement of all domains ''(-han)'' with prefectures ''(-ken)'', i.e. under the ''fu/han/ken'' system. Disestablishment is only listed if prior to August 29, 1871, the time when all remaining domains were turned into prefectures. For the >300 prefectures immediately after that, look somewhere else. For the 75 prefectures after the 1871/72 wave of prefectural mergers, see the [[List of Japanese prefectures]].

For a complete list of not only ''-fu/-ken'', but all ''-fu/-han/-ken'' at two points in time, see the [[List of Japanese prefectures by population#1868 to 1871]], it also indicates the (often disjoint) territorial extent of the prefectures and domains in this period by listing the [[Provinces of Japan|provinces]] the prefectures/domains extended to and the number of exclaves.

=== [[Hokkaido]] and [[Tōhoku]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
|-
| [[Hakodate, Hokkaido|Hakodate-fu]] || ((Start date|1868|06|14)) || ((End date|1869|08|15)) || Enlarged into Hakodate-ken on February 8, 1882, became part of Hokkaido on January 26, 1886. 
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Aizu|Wakamatsu-ken]]|若松県)) || ((Start date|1869|06|13)) ||  ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Mono'u-ken|桃生県)) || rowspan=2 | ((Start date|1869|08|27)) || ((End date|1870|10|22)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Ishinomaki-ken|石巻県)) on September 18, 1869. Absorbed into Fukushima.
|-
| Fukushima-ken || || 
|-
| [[Sakata, Yamagata|Sakata-ken]] || ((Start date|1869|09|02)) || ((End date|1870|10|17)) || Absorbed into Yamagata.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Kunohe-ken|九戸県)) || rowspan=5 | ((Start date|1869|09|12)) || ((End date|1869|12|30)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Hachinohe-ken|八戸県)) from October 17 to October 23, 1869, until the area was redrawn and amalgamated into ((Nihongo|Sannohe-ken|三戸県)). Absorbed into Esashi.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Tome-ken|登米県)) || rowspan=6 |  ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Esashi-ken|江刺県)) ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Shiroishi-ken|白石県)) || Amalgamated Kakuda on December 23, 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Shirakawa-ken|白河県)) ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Isawa-ken|胆沢県)) || ((Start date|1869|09|17)) || 
|-
| ((Nihongo|Morioka-ken|盛岡県)) || ((Start date|1870|07|10)) || Established after the demise of the [[Morioka Domain]]
|}

After the Daimyo of the northern domains were stripped of their social status in the [[Boshin War]], the following Prefectures were created. These were mostly in name only, and did not function as proper entities.<ref>((cite book | author1=Senda, Minoru | author2=Matsuo, Masato | title =明治維新研究序説―維新政権の直轄地― |trans-title=An introduction to research of the Meiji Restoration: The powers of the government
 | year = 1977 | publisher = Kaimei Shoin | location = Tokyo, Japan))</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
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! Notes
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Hanamaki, Iwate|Hanamaki-ken]]|花巻県)) || rowspan=4 | ((Start date|1869|01|19)) || ((End date|1869|9|23)) || Former [[Morioka Domain|Morioka]] and [[Sendai Domain|Sendai]] Domains' area administered by the [[Matsumoto Domain]]. Absorbed into Esashi.
|-
| Morioka-ken || rowspan=2 | ((End date|1869|9|12)) || Former Morioka Domain area administered by [[Matsushiro Domain]]. Absorbed into Esashi. (different from Morioka-ken established in 1870)
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Wakuya, Miyagi|Wakuya-ken]]|涌谷県)) || Former Morioka Domain area administered by [[Tsuchiura]] Domain. Absorbed into Tome.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Koori, Fukushima|Koori-ken]]|桑折県)) || ((End date|1869|8|27)) || Former area part of seven different domains, administered by [[Sōma Domain]].
|-
| ((Nihongo|Kurihara-ken|栗原県)) || ((Start date|1869|02|4)) || rowspan=2 | ((End date|1869|9|12)) || Former Sendai Domain administered by the [[Utsunomiya, Tochigi|Utsunomiya]] Domain. Absorbed into Isawa.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Hokuō-ken|北奥県)) || ((Start date|1869|03|20)) || Former Morioka Domain administered by the [[Kurohane Domain]]. Absorbed into Kunohe.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Isawa-ken|伊沢県)) || ((Start date|1869|04|11)) ||  ((End date|1869|9|23)) || Former Morioka, Sendai and [[Ichinoseki Domain|Ichinoseki]] Domains administered by the [[Maebashi, Gunma|Maebashi]] Domain. Absorbed into Isawa (胆沢).
|}

=== [[Kantō region]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Edo]]-fu|江戸府)) || ((Start date|1868|6|30)) || rowspan=10 |  || On September 3, 1868 renamed ((Nihongo|[[Tokyo|Tōkyō-fu]]|東京府))
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]]-fu|神奈川府)) || rowspan=2 | ((Start date|1868|8|5)) || On November 5, 1868 renamed to its current name ((Nihongo|Kanagawa-ken|神奈川県))
|-
| ((Nihongo|Iwahana-ken|岩鼻県)) ||
|-
| rowspan=3 | ((Nihongo|Musashi Chikenji|武蔵知県事)) || ((Start date|1868|8|7)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Ōmiya-ken|大宮県)) on March 10, 1869. Split into ((Nihongo|Urawa-ken|浦和県)) on November 2, 1869.
|-
| ((Start date|1868|8|17)) || Split into ((Nihongo|Shinagawa-ken|品川県)) on March 21, 1869.
|-
| ((Start date|1868|8|27)) || Split into ((Nihongo|Kosuge-ken|小菅県)) on February 23, 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Hitachi Chikenji|常陸知県事)) || ((Start date|1868|8|15)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Wakamori-ken|若森県)) on March 21, 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Kazusa Province|Kazusa]] [[Awa Province (Chiba)|Awa]] Chikenshi|安房上総知県事)) || ((Start date|1868|8|19)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Miyazaku-ken|宮谷県)) on March 21, 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Shimōsa Province|Shimōsa]] Chikenji|下総知県事)) || ((Start date|1868|9|23)) || On February 23, 1868 renamed ((Nihongo|Katsushika-ken|葛飾県))
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Mooka, Tochigi|Mooka]] Chikenji|真岡知県事)) || ((Start date|1868|7|12)) || Amalgamated into ((Nihongo|Nikkō-ken|日光県)) on March 27, 1869.
|}

=== [[Chūbu region]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Mino Province|Kasamatsu-ken]]|笠松県)) || ((Start date|1868|6|15)) || rowspan=2 | || South part of [[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]]
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Hida Province|Hida-ken]]|飛騨県)) || ((Start date|1868|7|12)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Takayama-ken|高山県)) on July 21, 1868
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Echigo Province|Echigo-fu]]|越後府)) (first) || ((Start date|1868|7|18)) || ((End date|1869|9|3)) || Renamed [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]-fu on November 5, 1868. Renamed Niigata-ken (first) on April 3, 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Mikawa Province|Mikawa-ken]]|三河県)) || ((Start date|1868|7|28)) || ((End date|1869|8|1)) || Absorbed into Ina in 1869.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Nirayama-ken|韮山県)) || ((Start date|1868|8|17)) || ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Kashiwayama-ken|柏崎県)) (first) || ((Start date|1868|9|13)) || ((End date|1869|12|18)) || Separated from Echigo-fu, later added to Niigata-fu.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Shinano Province|Ina-ken]]|伊那県)) || ((Start date|1868|9|17)) ||  || Renamed [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]] in 1870.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Sado Province|Sado-ken]]|佐渡県)) || ((Start date|1868|10|17)) ||  || Incorporated into Niigata-fu on December 18, 1868. During the split of Echigo-fu on August 30, 1869, became a prefecture again. Renamed ((Nihongo|Aikawa-ken|相川県)) in 1871, merged into Niigata Prefecture in 1876.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Fuchū-ken|府中県)) || rowspan=3 | ((Start date|1868|10|19)) || rowspan=3 | ((End date|1869|12|11)) || rowspan=3 | Merged into Kai-fu
|-
| ((Nihongo|Ichikawa-ken|市川県))
|-
| ((Nihongo|Isawa-ken|石和県))
|-
| ((Nihongo|Kai-fu|甲斐府)) || ((Start date|1868|12|11)) ||  || Renamed Kai-ken on August 27, 1868. Renamed [[Yamanashi Prefecture]] in 1871.
|-
| Echigo-fu (second) || ((Start date|1869|3|20)) || ((End date|1869|9|3)) || Re-established after the split of Niigata-fu.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Suibara-ken|水原県)) || ((Start date|1869|9|3)) || rowspan=4 |  || Established after joining Echigo-fu and Niigata-ken. Merged and renamed as Niigata Prefecture (second) on April 7, 1870.
|-
| Kashiwayama-ken (second) || ((Start date|1869|9|30)) || Re-established after splitting from Suibara-ken.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Nakano-ken|中野県)) || ((Start date|1870|10|11)) || Established after splitting from Ina. Borders redrawn and renamed [[Nagano Prefecture]] on August 8, 1871.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Echizen Province|Hombo-ken]]|本保県)) ||  ((Start date|1871|2|11)) ||
|}

=== [[Kansai region]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|-
! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
|-
| [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto-fu]] || ((Start date|1868|06|14)) || rowspan=8 | ||
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Shiga Prefecture|Ōtsu-ken]]|大津県)) || ((Start date|1868|06|15)) || Renamed Shiga in 1872.
|-
| [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka-fu]] || ((Start date|1868|06|21))||
|-
| ((Nihongo|Kumihama-ken|久美浜県)) || ((Start date|1868|06|28)) || Areas split into Ikuno-ken in 1969, merged into Toyooka-ken in 1871.
|-
| [[Nara Prefecture|Nara-ken]] || ((Start date|1868|7|8)) || Renamed Nara-fu on September 15, 1868. On August 24, 1869, name changed back to Nara-ken.
|-
| [[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo-ken]] || ((Start date|1868|7|12)) ||
|- 
| ((Nihongo|Sakai-ken|堺県)) || ((Start date|1868|8|10)) || Merged into Osaka-fu in 1881.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Ise, Mie|Watarai-fu]]|度会府)) || ((Start date|1868|8|23)) || On August 24, 1869 renamed Watari-ken.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Settsu Province|Settsu-ken]]|摂津県)) || rowspan=2 | ((Start date|1869|3|2)) || rowspan=2 | ((End date|1869|9|7)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Toyosaki-ken|豊崎県)) on June 19, 1869. Merged into Hyōgo-ken in 1869, later merged into Osaka-fu in 1871.
|-
| ((Nihongo|[[Kawachi Province|Kawachi-ken]]|河内県)) || Merged into Sakai-ken.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Ikuno-ken|生野県)) || ((Start date|1869|9|15)) || rowspan=2 | ||
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| ((Nihongo|Gojō-ken|五條県)) || ((Start date|1870|3|28)) ||
|}

=== [[Chūgoku region]], [[Shikoku]] ===
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! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
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| ((Nihongo|Kurashiki-ken|倉敷県))|| ((Start date|1868|7|15)) || rowspan=2 |  || Split into Fukatsu-ken, [[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima-ken]] and [[Tsuyama Domain|Tsuyama-ken]] (currently [[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa-ken]]).
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| ((Nihongo|Oki-ken|隠岐県)) || ((Start date|1869|4|6)) || Territory rearranged into ((Nihongo|Ōmori-ken|大森県)) on September 7, 1869. Rearranged again into ((Nihongo|Hamada-ken|浜田県)) on February 9, 1870.
|}

=== [[Kyushu]] ===
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! style="width:15%" | Region
! style="width:25%" | Establishment
! style="width:25%" | Disestablishment
! Notes
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| ((Nihongo|Tomioka-ken|富岡県)) || rowspan=3 | ((Start date|1868|6|15)) || ((End date|1868|10|14)) || Renamed ((Nihongo|Amakusa-ken|天草県)) on July 29, 1868. Merged into Nagasaki-fu.
|-
| ((Nihongo|Hita-ken|日田県)) || ||
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| ((Nihongo|Tomidaka-ken|富高県)) || ((End date|1868|10|2)) || Merged into Hita-ken.
|-
| [[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki-fu]] || ((Start date|1868|6|23)) ||  || Renamed Nagasaki-ken on July 28, 1869.
|}

== External links ==
* Ishida Satoshi: Lists of prefectures and domains under the fu/han/ken system between the restoration and the replacement of domains with prefectures [http://www.tt.rim.or.jp/~ishato/tiri/huken/huhanken.htm by region]; lists & maps of Japan's prefectures [http://www.tt.rim.or.jp/~ishato/tiri/huken/map/1871/map1871.htm after the fu/han/ken system had ended and the first wave of mergers 1871/72 had taken place], [http://www.tt.rim.or.jp/~ishato/tiri/huken/map/1876/map1876.htm after the second wave of prefectural mergers in 1876] and [http://www.tt.rim.or.jp/~ishato/tiri/huken/map/1889/map1889.htm in January 1889 briefly before prefectures were subdivided into cities, towns and villages]

== References ==
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*((cite book | author1=Fujino, Tamotsu | author2=Iwasaki, Takuya | author3=Abe, Takeshi | author4=Minegishi, Sumio | title =日本史事典 |trans-title=History of Japan Encyclopedia | year = 2012 | publisher = Asakura Shoten | location = Shinjuku, Tokyo | isbn =978-4254530193))
*((cite book | title =旺文社日本史事典 |trans-title=Obunsha Encyclopedia of the History of Japan | year = 2000 | publisher =Obunsha | location = Shinjuku, Tokyo | isbn =4010353139))
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