Mutsu Province

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Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no Kuni; Japanese pronunciation: [mɯ̈́.t͡sɨ̀ (nò̞ kɯ̈̀.ɲ̟ì)]) was a province of Japan in what is now Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as Ōshū (奥州; [ó̞ò̞.ɕɨ̀ɨ̀]) or Michinoku (陸奥・道奥; [mʲì.c̟͡cí.nó̞.kɯ̈́, -kɯ̈̀]); the Eastern Old Japanese name varied between Mutu and Miti. The combined area of Mutsu and the neighbouring Dewa Province is the Tōhoku region, which was also known as Ōu (奥羽) via on'yomi reading (using Chinese pronunciations of the kanji) used for Mutsu and Dewa.

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