Higo Province

Higo bordered on Chikugo, Bungo, Hyūga, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Provinces.

During the Muromachi period, Higo was held by the Kikuchi clan, but they were dispossessed during the Sengoku period, and the province was occupied by neighboring lords, including the Shimazu clan of Satsuma, until Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Kyūshū and gave Higo to his retainers, first Sassa Narimasa and later Katō Kiyomasa.

During the Sengoku Period, Higo was a major center for Christianity in Japan, and it is also the location where the philosopher, the artist[2] and swordsman Miyamoto Musashi stayed at the Hosokawa daimyō's invitation, Hosokawa Tadatoshi third lord of Kumamoto, while completing his The Book of Five Rings.

During the Meiji period, the provinces of Japan were converted into prefectures.

[5] Aso-jinja was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Higo.