Eastern Kozan


 * This article is about the Federal Kingdom of Kozan as it was between 1702 and 1867. For the Federal Kingdom of Kozan since 1867, see Kozan.

Eastern Kozan (東方鉱山) is a geographical area of Kozan and was the common English name for the Federal Kingdom of Eastern Kozan (東方鉱山国連邦王国), between the period of its formation in 1702 until the Kozanese Reunification after the Meiji Restoration in 1867. Eastern Kozan was allied by Sweden, the United States, and the United Kingdom. For the rest of the Edo Period, Kozan was divided between East and West. Kozan at that time was divided into two countries. Western Kozan took the line that they were a puppet state controlled by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan. Although Western Kozan was an absolute monarchy, it was neither free or fair.

Following the collapse of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the subsequent Meiji Restoration, both territories were reunified as one country. Western Kozan voted to dissolve and accede Eastern Kozan. They formally joined the reunified Federal Kingdom of Kozan. The reunified Kozan is considered to be the successor to Eastern Kozan and is not a new state. Eastern Kozan was enlarged to include the additional provinces of Western Kozan which ceased to exist.