Editing Toyama Prefecture (section)

== History ==
{{See also|Historic Sites of Toyama Prefecture}}

Historically, Toyama Prefecture was [[Etchū Province]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.</ref> Following the [[abolition of the han system]] in 1871, Etchū Province was renamed ''Niikawa Prefecture'', but [[Imizu District, Toyama|Imizu District]] was given to [[Noto Province|Nanao Prefecture]]. In 1872 Imizu District was returned by the new [[Ishikawa Prefecture]].

In 1876, Niikawa Prefecture was merged into Ishikawa Prefecture but the merger was void in 1881 and the area was re-established as Toyama Prefecture.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}

The [[Itai-itai disease]] occurred in Toyama around 1950.