Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Jacobites" to "Japan" (part) / Volume 15, Slice 2

by Various

Ōmi	or	Gōshū	Kōzuke	or	Jōshū
Mino	”	Nōshū	Shimotsuke	”	Yashū
Hida	”	Hishū	Mutsu	”	Ōshū
Shinano	”	Shinshū	Dewa	”	Ushū

3. The Hokurikudō, or “northern-land circuit,” which comprised seven provinces, viz.:—

Wakasa	or	Jakushū	Etchiu	or	Esshū
Echizen	”	Esshū	Echigo	”	Esshū
Kaga	”	Kashū	Sado (island)	”	Sashū
Noto	”	Nōshū

4. The Sanindō, or “mountain-back circuit,” which comprised eight provinces, viz.:—

Tamba	or	Tanshū	Hōki	or	Hakushū
Tango	”	Tanshū	Izumo	”	Unshū
Tajima	”	Tanshū	Iwami	”	Sekishū
Inaba	”	Inshū	Oki (group of islands)

5. The Sanyōdō, or “mountain-front circuit,” which comprised eight provinces, viz.:—

Harima	or	Banshū	Bingo	or	Bishū
Mimasaka	”	Sakushū	Aki	”	Geishū
Bizen	”	Bishū	Suwō	”	Bōshū
Bitchiu	”	Bishū	Nagato	”	Chōshū

6. The Nankaidō, or “southern-sea circuit,” which comprised, six provinces, viz.:—

Kii	or	Kishū	Sanuki	or	Sanshū
Awaji (island)	”	Tanshū	Iyo	”	Yoshū
Awa	”	Ashū	Tosa	”	Toshū

7. The Saikaidō, or “western-sea circuit,” which comprised nine provinces, viz:—