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{{short description|Former province of Japan}}
[[Image:Japan prov map kibi.png|right|Map of Japanese provinces with Kibi highlighted]]
{{nihongo|'''Kibi Province'''|吉備国|Kibi no Kuni|{{IPA|ja|kʲiꜜ.bʲi (no kɯ.ɲi)}}<ref>{{cite book|script-title=ja:NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典|publisher=NHK Publishing|editor=NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute|date=24 May 2016|lang=ja}}</ref>}} was an [[Provinces of Japan|ancient province]] or region of [[Japan]], in the same area as [[Okayama Prefecture]] and eastern [[Hiroshima Prefecture]].<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). "''Kibi''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 512|page=512}}.</ref> It was sometimes called {{nihongo|'''Bishū'''|備州}}.

It was divided into [[Bizen Province|Bizen]] (備前), [[Bitchu Province|Bitchū]] (備中), and [[Bingo Province|Bingo]] (備後) Provinces in the late 7th century, and [[Mimasaka Province]] was separated from [[Bizen Province]] in the 8th century. The first three provinces took a kanji from the name of Kibi, and added ''zen'', ''chū'', and ''go'' ("near,"  "middle,"  and "far") according to their distance from the capital region.

==See also==
*[[Kingdom of Kibi]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]] and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC  ''Japan encyclopedia.''] Cambridge: [[Harvard University Press]]. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition  OCLC 58053128]

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[[Category:Former countries in Japanese history]]


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