Rikuzen Province

is an old province of Japan in the area of Miyagi Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture on the island of Honshū. Along with Rikuchū and Mutsu Provinces, it was sometimes called . The history of the province started in 1868 and ended in 1872.
History.
in 1868, Rikuaen was separated from Mutsu.
In the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures. Maps of Japan and Rikuzen Province were reformed in the 1870s.