Mikazuki Domain
file:Mikazuki Jinya A09 02.jpg, 250px, Mikazuki jin'ya was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around the Mikazuki ''jin'ya'' which was located in what is now the Mikazuki, Hyōgo, Mikazuki neighborhood of the town of Sayō, Hyōgo. It was controlled by a cadet branch ''tozama daimyō'' Mōri clan, Mori clan throughout its history. It was also called . History In April 1676, the 2nd ''daimyō'' of Tsuyama Domain, Mori Nagatsugu, gave 15,000 ''koku'' of this holdings to his fifth son, Mori Nagatoshi, to create a cadet house. However, this subsidiary domain, Tsuyama Shinden Domain, did not receive official recognition from the shogunate until 1684. In 1697, the Mori clan were disposed from Tsuyama; but Tsuyama Shinden Domain was allowed to remain at its existing 15,000 ''koku'' as an independent domain called Mikazuki Domain. It sur ...
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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 ...
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