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List of mergers in Osaka Prefecture

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Here is a list of mergers in Osaka Prefecture, Japan since the Meiji era.

Prefectural mergers and border changes

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This list is incomplete. Many changes are missing.

Osaka before 1881

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  • 1868 (Boshin war/Meiji restoration) – Osaka is established as prefecture (-fu) in succession to the shogunate administration in Osaka (bugyō→saibansho).
  • August 1868 (sixth month, Meiji 1) – Sakai (previously shogunate city Sakai and shogunate domain in Izumi province) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
  • 1869 – Kawachi (previously shogunate lands in Kawachi province) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
  • 1869 – Settsu (previously shogunate lands in Settsu province; later renamed →Toyosaki) is established/separated from Osaka as prefecture (-ken).
  • 1869 – Toyosaki is split between Osaka and Hyōgo.
  • 1871/72 (Abolition of domains and first wave of prefectural mergers) – The prefectures Takatsuki and Asada are merged into Osaka. After consolidation, Osaka covers the Eastern part of Settsu province.

Nara before 1876

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See the List of mergers in Nara Prefecture

Sakai

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  • 1869 – Kawachi is merged into Sakai.
  • 1870 – Sayama Domain is returned to the central government and merged into Sakai.
  • 1870 – Mikami Domain with holdings in Ōmi and Izumi provinces moves the domain seat from Mikami in Ōmi (today: Yasu, Shiga) to Yoshimi in Izumi (today: Tajiri, Osaka) and becomes Yoshimi Domain.
  • 1871/72 (Abolition of domains and first wave of prefectural mergers) – The prefectures Hakata, Kishiwada, Yoshimi and Tannan are merged into Sakai. After consolidation, Sakai encompasses all of Izumi and Kawachi provinces without exclaves/enclaves.
  • 1876 – Nara is merged into Sakai.
  • 1881 – Sakai is merged into Osaka prefecture.

Osaka since 1881

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  • 1887 – Nara prefecture is split off from Osaka prefecture.

District mergers

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This list is incomplete. Some mergers are missing.

Municipal mergers

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This list is incomplete. Most mergers are missing.

Establishment of modern municipalities 1889/1896

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After the modern municipalities (cities, towns and villages) were introduced and the Great Meiji mergers performed in 1889 and after the 1896 #District mergers, Osaka consisted of:

Mergers 1889–1950

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Mergers in the 1950s (Great Shōwa mergers)

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Mergers since the 1960s

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References

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