Gokishichidō system

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The Gokishichidō system was an ancient Japanese administrative and road network framework that organized the country into five central provinces and seven regional circuits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Japanese administrative system
historical road network
administrativeUnit province
basisOn ritsuryō system
capitalLinked Heian-kyō
linked to: Kyoto

Heijō-kyō
linked to: Nara
centralProvincesCalled go-ki
classification geopolitical division of Japan
component Hokurikudō
Nankaidō
linked to: Tōkaidō

Saikaidō
San'indō
San'yōdō
Tōkaidō
Tōsandō
country Japan
declineBegan late Heian period
linked to: Heian period
etymology name means five provinces and seven circuits
function administrative division of provinces
organization of official road network
goKiIncluded Izumi Province NERFINISHED
Kawachi Province NERFINISHED
Settsu Province NERFINISHED
Yamashiro Province NERFINISHED
Yamato Province NERFINISHED
historicalStatus no longer an active administrative system
influencedBy Chinese administrative models
introducedBy Yamato court
inUseUntil medieval Japan
largelyObsoleteBy Kamakura period
legacy regional names used in modern Japan
organizedInto five central provinces
seven circuits
purpose enable military mobilization
facilitate communication between capital and provinces
support tax collection
regionalCircuitsCalled shichi-dō
roadType official state highways
supersededBy feudal domain system
usedInPeriod Asuka period
Heian period
Nara period

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Kaga no Kuni isPartOf Gokishichidō system
Yamato Province partOf Gokishichidō system