Monou District, Miyagi


Monou was a rural district in Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan.
The city of Higashimatsushima and much of the city of Ishinomaki were formerly part of this district, which was dissolved in 2005.

History

Under the Tokugawa shogunate, the district was within Mutsu Province and was under the control of the Date clan of Sendai Domain. In 1869, following the Meiji restoration, Mutsu Province was divided, with the area of Monou District becoming part of Rikuzen Province, and from 1872, part of Miyagi Prefecture. In the establishment of the modern municipalities system, the district was organized into fifteen villages, Nobiru, Ono, Takagi, Kanomata, Fukaya, Maeyachi, Nakatsuyama, Monou, Oyachi, Iinogawa, Hashiura, Futamata, Okawa, Jugohama ).