Mutsu Province (1868)

Rikuō Province 陸奥国
Province of Japan
1869–1871
Map of Japanese provinces (1869) with Rikuō Province highlighted
History
• Established	1869
• Disestablished	1871
Preceded by Succeeded by Mutsu Province Tonami Prefecture Shichinohe Prefecture Hirosaki Prefecture Kuroshi Prefecture Hachinohe Prefecture
Today part of	Iwate Prefecture Aomori Prefecture

Mutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni), officially called Rikuō Province (陸奥国, Rikuō no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Iwate and Aomori prefecture.^[1]

It was also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Rikushū (陸州). In the Meiji era, the province was cut down to cover only present-day Aomori and given the new name Rikuō Province, which retained the original kanji.^[2]