Mutsu Province

Mutsu Province 陸奥国
Province of Japan
654–1869
Map of Japanese provinces (1868) with Mutsu Province highlighted
Capital	Miyagi District
History
• Established	654
• Disestablished	1869
Succeeded by Rikuō Province Rikuchū Province Rikuzen Province Iwashiro Province Iwaki Province
Today part of	Fukushima Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Akita Prefecture Aomori Prefecture

Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of 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) or Michinoku (陸奥 or 道奥). The term Ōu (奥羽) is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa, which together make up the entire Tōhoku region.