Kōzuke Province

was an old province of Japan in the area of Gunma Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It is also known as or .
The ancient capital city of the province was near Maebashi. 
History.
In the Nara period, Kōzuke was part of Keno Province. This was changed in the reforms of the Taihō Code in 701.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. The maps of Japan and Kōzuke Province were reformed in the 1870s.
Shrines and Temples.
"Ichinomiyanukisaki jinja" was the chief Shinto shrine ("ichinomiya") of Kōzuke.