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Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain
270px, Itakura Katukiyo was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now western Okayama Prefecture. It controlled most of central Bitchū Province and was centered around Bitchū Matsuyama Castle. It was ruled in its latter history by a branch of the Itakura clan. Following the Meiji restoration, it was briefly renamed . It was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture. History After the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, the area of central Bitchū Province was retained as ''tenryō'' territory, administed by the Kobori clan Although Kobori Masatsugu and his son Kobori Masakazu had a nominal ''kokudaka'' of 14,460 ''koku'', their official portion was that of ''daikan,'' or magistrate, rather than ''daimyō''. Kobori Masakazu is better known as the famed Japanese garden designer, Kobori Enshū. In 1617, Ikeda Nagayuki was transferred from Tottori Domain and assigned 60,000 ''koku''; however, his s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han System
( ja, 藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 283. or (daimyo domain) served as a system of ''de facto'' administrative divisions of Japan alongside the ''de jure'' provinces until they were abolished in the 1870s. History Pre-Edo period The concept of originated as the personal estates of prominent warriors after the rise of the Kamakura Shogunate in 1185, which also saw the rise of feudalism and the samurai noble warrior class in Japan. This situation existed for 400 years during the Kamakura Shogunate (1185–1333), the brief Kenmu Restoration (1333–1336), and the Ashikaga Shogunate (1336–1573). became increasingly important as ''de facto'' administrative divisions as subsequent Shoguns stripped the Imperial provinces () and their officials of their legal powers. Edo period Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
