越えち後ご

noun

Echigo; former Echigo Province

Historical province name; corresponds roughly to present-day Niigata Prefecture (excluding Sado Island). Used in historical contexts, place names, and traditional references.

• 越えち後ごは、江え戸ど時じ代だいには米こめどころとして知しられていた。

  Echigo was known as a rice-producing region in the Edo period.

• 上うえ杉すぎ謙けん信しんは越えち後ごの戦せん国ごく大だい名みょうである。

  Uesugi Kenshin was a daimyo of Echigo during the Warring States period.