Until the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures in 1871, the early Meiji fu of Hakodate-fu, Kanagawa-fu, Echigo-fu, Niigata-fu, Kai-fu, Watarai-fu, Nara-fu and Nagasaki-fu, excluding Tokyo-fu, Osaka-fu and Kyoto-fu, were each established and transitioned.
1871年の廃藩置県までの間に、東京府・大阪府・京都府をのぞく箱館府・神奈川府・越後府・新潟府・甲斐府・度会府・奈良府・長崎府の各府は明治初期の府の設置と変遷。