Fu Han Ken-sei (Fu, Han and Ken System): Immediately after the Meiji Restoration, the land controlled by Kyoto Shoshidai (the Bakufu-appointed governors of Kyoto), Chatelaines and Bugyo (Shogunate administrators), which were part of Bakufu-ruled lands, were reformed as 'Fu.'
府藩県制：明治維新直後にそれまでの幕府直轄地のうち、京都所司代・城代・奉行が支配していた地を「府」と改めたもの。