Editing Prefectures of Japan (section)

===1880s===
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!Prefecture!!Japanese!!Year of<br />Abolition||Fate
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|Kanazawa||{{nihongo2|金沢県}}||1869||Renamed as Ishikawa
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|Sendai||{{nihongo2|仙台県}}||1871||Renamed as Miyagi
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|Morioka||{{nihongo2|盛岡県}}||1872||Renamed as Iwate
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|[[Nagoya Prefecture|Nagoya]]||{{nihongo2|名古屋県}}||1872||Renamed as Aichi
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|[[Nukata Prefecture|Nukata]]||{{nihongo2|額田県}}||1872||Merged into Aichi
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|Nanao||{{nihongo2|七尾県}}||1872||Merged into Ishikawa and Shinkawa
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|Iruma||{{nihongo2|入間県}}||1873||Merged into Kumagaya and Kanagawa
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|Inba||{{nihongo2|印旛県}}||1873||Merged into Chiba
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|Kisarazu||{{nihongo2|木更津県}}||1873||Merged into Chiba
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|Utsunomiya||{{nihongo2|宇都宮県}}||1873||Merged into Tochigi
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|Asuwa||{{nihongo2|足羽県}}||1873||Merged into Tsuruga
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|Kashiwazaki||{{nihongo2|柏崎県}}||1873||Merged into Niigata
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|Ichinoseki→Mizusawa→Iwai||{{nihongo2|一関県→水沢県→磐井県}}||1875||Merged into Iwate and Miyagi
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|Okitama||{{nihongo2|置賜県}}||1875||Merged into Yamagata
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|Niihari||{{nihongo2|新治県}}||1875||Merged into Ibaraki and Chiba
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|Sakata→Tsuruoka||{{nihongo2|酒田県→鶴岡県}}||1876||Merged into Yamagata
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|Taira→Iwasaki||{{nihongo2|平県→磐前県}}||1876||Merged into Fukushima and Miyagi
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|Wakamatsu||{{nihongo2|若松県}}||1876||Merged into Fukushima
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|Chikuma||{{nihongo2|筑摩県}}||1876||Merged into Nagano and Gifu
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|Tsuruga||{{nihongo2|敦賀県}}||1876||Merged into Ishikawa and Shiga
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|Niikawa||{{nihongo2|新川県}}||1876||Merged into Ishikawa
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|Sakai||{{nihongo2|堺県}}||1881||Merged into Osaka
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|Ashigara||{{nihongo2|足柄県}}||1876||Merged into Kanagawa and Shizuoka
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|Kumagaya||{{nihongo2|熊谷県}}||1876||Merged into Gunma and Saitama
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|Aikawa||{{nihongo2|相川県}}||1876||Merged into Niigata
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|Hamamatsu||{{nihongo2|浜松県}}||1876||Merged into Shizuoka
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|Hakodate||{{nihongo2|函館県}}||1886||Merged into Hokkaidō
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|Sapporo||{{nihongo2|札幌県}}||1886||Merged into Hokkaidō
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|Nemuro||{{nihongo2|根室県}}||1886||Merged into Hokkaidō
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|[[Tokyo Prefecture|Tokyo]]||{{nihongo2|東京府}}||1943||Reorganized as Tokyo Metropolis (東京都)
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