Gun, which had existed before Edo period, was ignored in daiku-shoku system (a centralized district system that abolished all pre-existing towns, villages and their offices and institutions) introduced at the beginning of Meiji period, which aroused fierce opposition among the residents.
江戸時代までの郡は明治初年の大区小区制のもとでは無視され、住民の反発が大きかった。