List of Han

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This is an incomplete list of the major Han of the Tokugawa period. Han were feudal domains that formed the effective basis of administration in Tokugawa-era Japan. The han are given along with their approximate borders compared with the modern prefecture system.

The han system was abolished by the Meiji government in 1871.

Contents 1 Hokkaidō 2 Tōhoku 3 Kantō 4 Chūbu 5 Tōkai 6 Kansai 7 Chūgoku 8 Shikoku 9 Kyūshū 10 References

[edit] Hokkaidō

• Matsumae - Located in modern-day Matsumae town, Matsumae District; held by the Matsumae clan. Only domain in Ezo (modern Hokkaidō). Also known as Tate.

[edit] Tōhoku

In Mutsu Province

• Hirosaki - Located in modern-day Aomori Prefecture
• Kuroishi - Branch of Hirosaki han, based in modern-day Kuroishi, Aomori
• Hachinohe - Branch of Morioka han
• Kunohe - Branch of Morioka Domain, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate
• Morioka - Located in modern-day Akita, Aomori, and Iwate Prefectures, originally consisted of 10 districts - in modern Iwate: Iwate, Hienuki, Waga, Shiwa, Kunohe, Ninohe, and Hei (now split into Kamihei and Shimohei); in modern Aomori: Sannohe and Kita (now divided into Kamikita and Shimokita districts); in modern Akita: Kazuno
• Kōri - Based in modern-day Kōri town, Date District, Fukushima
• Aizu - Based in modern-day Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture; controlled by the Hoshina (Matsudaira) family.
• Ichinoseki - Branch of Sendai han, based in modern-day Ichinoseki, Iwate; held by the Tamura clan, a branch family of the Date clan
• Iwakidaira - held by the Torii family briefly from 1606-1622.
• Miharu - Held by the Kato, Matsushita, and Akita families.
• Moriyama - Held by the Mito-Matsudaira clan, a branch of the Tokugawa
• Sendai - Based in modern-day Sendai, Miyagi; held by the Date family
  • Mizusawa Domain - subdomain
• Shimotedo - Based in modern-day Tsukidate town, Date District, Fukushima
• Sōmanakamura - Located in modern-day Fukushima Prefecture, capital was modern-day Sōma, Fukushima; was briefly Nakamura Prefecture after the abolition of the han system
• Tonami - Created in 1870 and granted to the Matsudaira of Aizu. Consisted of the districts of Kita (today Kamikita and Shimokita districts) and Sannohe, both in modern-day Aomori and Ninohe in Iwate. Capital was at modern-day Mutsu, Aomori
• Yunagaya
• Izumi

In Dewa Province

• Tsuruoka - Based in modern-day Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture; held by the Sakai clan. Also known as Shōnai.
• Dewa-Matsuyama (a branch of Tsuruoka)
• Ōyama (a branch of Tsuruoka)
• Nigaho
• Yamagata - Based in modern-day Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture; held by the Torii family
• Yonezawa - Held by the Uesugi clan.
• Nagatoro- Held by the Yonezu clan.
• Kameda- Held by the Iwaki clan.
• Honjō- Held by the Rokugō clan.
• Shinjō- Held by the Tozawa clan.
• Kaminoyama
• Tendo
• Yonezawashinden

[edit] Kantō

In Hitachi Province

• Mito, held by a branch of the Tokugawa clan.
• Matsuoka (sub-domain of Mito)
• Kasama
• Shishido
• Shimotsuma
• Shimodate
• Hitachi-Fuchū
• Tsuchiura
• Asō
• Yatabe
• Ushiku

In Shimotsuke Province

• Kurohane
• Ōtawara (not to be confused with Odawara)
• Kitsuregawa
• Utsunomiya
• Mibu
• Fukiage
• Sano
• Ashikaga

In Kōzuke Province

• Tatebayashi
• Isezaki
• Maebashi
• Takasaki
• Numata
• Yoshii
• Annaka
• Nanokaichi
• Obata

In Shimousa Province

• Koga
• Yūki
• Sekiyado
• Takaoka
• Omigawa
• Sakura - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by the Hotta clan
• Tako
• Oyumi

In Kazusa Province

• Goi
• Tsurumaki
• Jōzai - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by the Hayashi clan (Jōzai). Previously called Kaibuchi, later reassigned to the Takiwaki-Matsudaira clan of Ojima and renamed Sakurai.
• Iino - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by a branch famiy of the Aizu Domain's Hoshina and later Matsudaira clans.
• Ichinomiya
• Sanuki
• Kururi
• Ōtaki

In Awa Province

• Awa-Katsuyama
• Tateyama
• Hōjō

In Musashi Province

• Okabe
• Kuki
• Oshi - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Matsudaira clan and Abe clan
• Iwatsuki - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Nagai clan, Ōoka clan, Abe clan
• Kawagoe - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Sakai clan,Hotta clan,Yanagisawa clan,Akimoto clan,Matsudaira clan
• Mutsuura

In Sagami Province

• Odawara - Based in modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture; held by the Okubo clan,Abe clan,Inaba clan
• Oginoyamanaka

[edit] Chūbu

In Echigo Province

• Murakami
• Kurokawa
• Mikkaichi
• Shibata
• Muramatsu
• Yoita
• Nagaoka
• Mineyama
• Shiiya
• Takada
• Itoigawa

In Shinano Province

• Iiyama
• Susaka
• Matsushiro
• Ueda
• Komoro
• Iwamurata
• Matsumoto - Based in modern-day Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture; held by the Matsudaira and Mizuno clans and others
• Okudono - Held by the Ogyū branch of the Matsudaira clan; later known as Tatsuoka and centered in Shinano Province.
• Takashima
• Takatō
• Iida
• Ōhama

In Kai Province

• Kōfu
• Yamura

In Etchū Province

• Toyama

In Kaga Province

• Kanazawa
• Daishōji

In Echizen Province

• Maruoka
• Fukui
• Katsuyama
• Ōno
• Sabae
• Tsuruga

In Wakasa Province

• Obama
• Takahama

[edit] Tōkai

In Suruga Province

• Numazu
• Tanaka
• Ojima

In Tōtōmi Province

• Sagara
• Kakegawa
• Yokosuka
• Hamamatsu

In Mikawa Province

• Yoshida (later called Toyohashi)
• Tawara
• Hatagamura
• Nishiōhira
• Okazaki
• Koromo
• Nishio
• Kariya
• Ogyū-Okudono (see Tanoguchi)
• Ashisuke

In Owari Province

• Owari
• Inuyama (sub-domain of Owari)

In Hida Province

• Hida-Takayama

In Mino Province

• Naegi
• Iwamura
• Kanō
• Imao (sub-domain of Owari)
• Takasu
• Takatomi
• Gujōhachiman
• Ōgaki

[edit] Kansai

In Ise Province

• Nagashima
• Kuwana Held by the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan.
• Komono
• Kanbe
• Ise-saijo(Minami-hayashizaki)
• Ise-kameyama
• Tsu - Based in modern-day Mie Prefecture; held by the Tōdō clan
• Hisai

In Shima Province

• Toba

In Ōmi Province

• Miyagawa
• Katada
• Ōmizo
• Hikone
• Hikoneshinden
• Yamakami
• Mikami
• Nishōji
• Minakuchi
• Zeze

In Yamashiro Province

• Yodo

In Yamato Province

• Yagyū
• Kōriyama
• Koizumi
• Yanagimoto
• Kaiju-Shibamura
• Uda-Matsuyama
• Kujira
• Takatori

In Kii Province

• Wakayama (ruled by a branch of the Tokugawa clan)

In Izumi Province

• Kishiwada
• Hakata

In Kawachi Province

• Sayama
• Tannan

In Settsu Province

• Takatsuki
• Asada - Based in modern-day Hyōgo and Osaka Prefectures; held by the Aoki clan
• Amagasaki
• Sanda

In Tanba Province

• Tanba-Kameyama
• Sonobe
• Yamaga
• Ayabe
• Fukuchiyama
• Sasayama
• Kaibara

In Tango Province

• Tanabe
• Miyazu
• Mineyama

In Harima Province

• Akashi
• Ono
• Migusa
• Himeji
• Hayashida
• Tatsuno
• Anshi
• Mikazuki
• Akō

In Tajima Province

• Izushi
• Toyooka

In Awaji Province

• Awaji-sumoto A part of the Tokushima Domain, it was held by the Inada family, retainers of the Hachisuka clan.

[edit] Chūgoku

In Inaba Province

• Tottori
• Shikano
• Wakasa

In Hōki Province

• Yonago
• Kurayoshi
• Kurosaka
• Yabase

In Izumo Province

• Hirose
• Mori
• Matsue
• Matsueshinden

In Iwami Province

• Yoshinaga
• Hamada
• Tsuwano

In Bizen Province

• Okayama
• Koshima

In Mimasaka Province

• Tsuyama
• Tsuyamashinden
• Mimasaka-Katsuyama

In Bitchū Province

• Niwase
• Ashimori
• Ikusaka
• Asao
• Okada
• Kamogata
• Bitchu-Matsuyama
• Niimi
• Nariwa
• Nishiebara

In Bingo Province

• Fukuyama
• Miyoshi

In Aki Province

• Hiroshima
• Hiroshimashinden

In Suo Province

• Iwakuni
• Tokuyama
• Kudamatsu

In Nagato Province

• Chōshū - Based in modern-day Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture; held by the Mōri clan
• Chōfu
• Kiyosue

[edit] Shikoku

In Awa Province

• Tokushima - Based in modern-day Tokushima city, Tokushima Prefecture; held by the Hachisuka clan

In Sanuki Province

• Takamatsu
• Marugame
• Tadotsu

In Iyo Province

• Saijō
• Komatsu
• Imabari
• Iyo-Matsuyama
• Ozu
• Niiya
• Iyoyoshida
• Uwajima
• Tomida
• Matsuyamashinden

In Tosa Province

• Tosa
• Tosashinden

[edit] Kyūshū

In Chikuzen Province

• Fukuoka
• Akizuki
• Tōrenji

In Chikugo Province

• Kurume
• Yanagawa
• Miike

In Buzen Province

• Kokura
• Kokurashinden
• Nakatsu

In Bungo Province

• Kitsuki
• Hiji
• Mori
• Funai
• Usuki
• Saeki
• Oka

In Hizen Province

• Karatsu
• Saga
• Hasunoike
• Ogi
• Kashima
• Hirado
• Hiradoshinden
• Ōmura
• Shimabara
• Fukue

In Tsushima Province

• Tsushima - Based on Tsushima Island; held by the Sō clan

In Higo Province

• Kumamoto (Higo)
• Uto
• Hitoyoshi
• Kumamotoshinden

In Hyūga Province

• Nobeoka
• Takanabe
• Sadowara
• Obi

In Satsuma and Ōsumi Provinces

• Satsuma - Based in modern-day Kagoshima; held by the Shimazu family, and controlled Ryūkyū Kingdom as well.

• Ryūkyū - Controlled as a quasi-independent nation for much of the Edo period by Satsuma; briefly became a han from 1872-1879.

[edit] References

• Bolitho, Harold (1974). Treasures among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press.
• (Japanese)"Edo 300 Han HTML" (ret. 5 Feb. 2008)