Hizen Province was an old province of Japan in the area of the Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. It was sometimes called Hishū, with Higo Province. Hizen bordered on the provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo
Hizen Kokuchō Site in Saga
Hizen Kokubun-ji Site in Saga
Keichō Kuniezu - Hizen Province (1837 copy of lost c.1605 original) (Takeo City Library and Historical Museum)
Shōhō Kuniezu - Hizen Province (1647) (Chōkokan)
Saga Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate. It encompassed most of what are now Saga and Nagasaki Prefectures and was ruled from Saga Castle in what is now the urban center
Hizen Province
…centered at the castle town of Saga. At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Hizen was divided between the following han: Domain Daimyō Revenue (koku) Type Saga Domain Nabeshima 357,000 tozama Ogi Domain Nabeshima 73,000 tozama Shimabara Domain Matsudaira 70,000 fudai Hirado Domain Matsuura 61,000 tozama Karatsu Domain…
Shachinomon Gate of Saga Castle 1
Nabeshima Naomasa, the daimyo of the Saga Domain (1830–1861).
The 1943 painting of the Ryōfūmaru noted by Naomitsu Nabeshima, the grand-children of Naomasa.
Nabeshima Naohiro (Saga), the last daimyo of Saga Domain