# Hi Province

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**Hi Province** (火国 or 肥国, *Hi no kuni*) was an [ancient province](/source/Old_provinces_of_Japan) of [Japan](/source/Japan), in the area of [Hizen](/source/Hizen_Province) and [Higo](/source/Higo_Province) provinces.[1] The ambit of this ancient entity is within [Nagasaki](/source/Nagasaki_Prefecture), [Saga](/source/Saga_Prefecture) and [Kumamoto](/source/Kumamoto_Prefecture) prefectures.[2] It was sometimes called **Hishū** (肥州).

## Notes

1. [Satow, Ernest](/source/Ernest_Satow). (1874). "The Geography of Japan," [*Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan,* Vol. 1-2, p. 34.](https://books.google.com/books?id=rJ8MAAAAYAAJ)

1. ; [Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric](/source/Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric). (2005). "*Hizen*" in [*Japan Encyclopedia*, p. 338](https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC); "*Higo*" in [*Japan Encyclopedia*, p. 310](https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC).

## References

- Asiatic Society of Japan. (1874). *Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan.* Yokohama: The Society. [OCLC 1514456](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1514456)
- [Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric](/source/Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric) and Käthe Roth. (2005). [*Japan encyclopedia.*](https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC) Cambridge: [Harvard University Press](/source/Harvard_University_Press). ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; [OCLC 58053128](http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition)

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