list of province names
Archaic term for a list or enumeration of old Japanese province names, often in poetry or classical literature.
Poems listing province names are included in old waka anthologies.
Compound of 国 (kuni, 'province') + 尽くし (zukushi, 'exhaustive list'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form follows a common pattern for enumerative lists in classical Japanese.