筑紫つくし

noun

Tsukushi (former province)

Historical province in northern Kyūshū, later divided into Chikuzen and Chikugo. Used in historical contexts.

• 筑紫つくしは古こ代だい、九きゅう州しゅう北ほく部ぶにあった国くにである。

  Tsukushi was an ancient province in northern Kyūshū.

noun

Kyūshū (archaic)

Archaic name for the entire island of Kyūshū. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary references.

See also: 九州

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、九きゅう州しゅう全ぜん体たいを筑紫つくしと呼よぶことがある。

  In old documents, the whole of Kyūshū is sometimes called Tsukushi.