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Hizen Province
province of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hizen Province (肥前国, Hizen no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Saga Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū.[1] Along with Higo Province, it was sometimes called Hishū (肥州).
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Hizen had borders with the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo.[2]
The ancient capital city of the province was near Saga.[3]