Miketsukuni indicated the supply provinces making offerings, namely the province that was assumed to supply food (secondary diet component except for grain), mainly marine products, to the Imperial family and Imperial court, from ancient Japan to the Heian period.
御食国（みけつくに）は、日本古代から平安時代まで、贄（にえ）の貢進国、すなわち皇室・朝廷に海水産物を中心とした御食料（穀類以外の副食物）を貢いだと推定される国を指す言葉。