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Etchū Province

Etchū Province was a province of Japan on the Sea of Japan coast, corresponding to modern Toyama Prefecture. In the 1570s Uesugi Kenshin of neighbouring Echigo campaigned there against local lords and the Ikkō-ikki. After 1600 most of it belonged to the Maeda clan, lords of Kaga Domain, the richest domain of the Tokugawa period.

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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Uesugi clan domain Kaga Domain

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Etchū Province. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/etchu-province
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