echizen

Updated: August 20, 2026

The Crown lands lay in the provinces of Noto, Kaga, Echizen, Tamba, Mino, and so forth, and when the wave of warfare spread over the country, these estates passed into the hands of military magnates who absorbed the taxes into their own treasuries, and the collectors sent by the Court could not obtain more than a small percentage of the proper amount.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era