Hida Province

Hida Province
飛騨国
pre-Meiji period Japan
701–1871

Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Hida Province highlighted
CapitalTakayama
Area
 • Coordinates36°30′N 135°45′E / 36.500°N 135.750°E / 36.500; 135.750
History 
• Ritsuryō system
701
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofGifu Prefecture
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Hida" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting an aerial ropeway

Hida Province (飛騨国, Hida-no-kuni) was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Gifu Prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan.[1] Hida bordered on Echizen, Mino, Shinano, Etchū, and Kaga Provinces. It was part of Tōsandō Circuit. Its abbreviated name was Hishū (飛州). Under the Engishiki classification system, Hida was ranked as an "inferior country" (下国) and a middle country (中国) in terms of its importance and distance from the capital. Currently, the entire area of the former Hida Province consists of the cities of Hida, Takayama and most of the city of Gero, and the village of Shirakawa, in Ōno District .


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