Mutsu Province The Meiji Mutsu Province was a region in the northernmost part of the main island that corresponds to today's Aomori Prefecture. At the same time, while the characters of the name were unchanged, the official reading was changed to the "on'yomi" version "Rikuō". Mutsu Province Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa which make up the Tōhoku region. Mutsu, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi and became
Phetchabun Province and 1261 villages ("muban"). The word "phetcha" originates from the Sanskrit word "vajra" meaning "diamond" (or weapon of Indra), and the word "bun" from Sanskrit "purna" meaning "full", "perfect" or "whole". Hence the name of the province literally means "perfect diamond". Initially, the province was called "Phe-cha-buth" as "Phuenchapura", which means the city that has plenty of crops. The reason is that the province is very fertile and has ample resources. Because of the fertility of the land, Phetchabun has always been agriculturally productive area. Phetchabun was established by two kingdoms: the Sukhothai Kingdom, and the Ayutthaya Period of the