a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

The prefectural governments of Osaka and Kyoto.

urban prefecture

Japan

(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

Obsolete spelling of タバコ (“tobacco”)

Kyūjitai form of 地名学 (“toponymy”)