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.
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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.
Tōhoku
- 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
- 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
Kantō
- Mito, held by a branch of the Tokugawa clan.
- Matsukawa (sub-domain of Mito)
- Matsuoka (sub-domain of Mito)
- Kasama
- Shishido
- Shimotsuma
- Shimodate
- Hitachi-Fuchū
- Tsuchiura
- Asō
- Yatabe
- Ushiku
- Kurohane
- Ōtawara (not to be confused with Odawara)
- Kitsuregawa
- Utsunomiya
- Mibu
- Fukiage
- Sano
- Ashikaga
- Tatebayashi
- Isezaki
- Maebashi
- Takasaki
- Numata
- Yoshii
- Annaka
- Nanokaichi
- Obata
- Koga
- Yūki
- Sekiyado
- Takaoka
- Omigawa
- Sakura - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by the Hotta clan
- Tako
- Oyumi
- 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
- 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
- Odawara - Based in modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture; held by the Okubo clan,Abe clan,Inaba clan
- Oginoyamanaka
Chūbu
- Iiyama
- Susaka
- Matsushiro
- Ueda
- Komoro
- Iwamurata
- Matsumoto - Based in modern-day Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture; held by the Matsudaira and Mizuno clans and others
- Okutono - 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
- Obama
- Takahama
Tōkai
- Yoshida (later called Toyohashi)
- Tawara
- Hatagamura
- Nishiōhira
- Okazaki
- Koromo
- Nishio
- Kariya
- Ogyū-Okutono (see Tanoguchi)
- Ashisuke
- Owari
- Inuyama (sub-domain of Owari)
- Hida-Takayama
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
- Toba
In Ōmi Province
- Yagyū
- Kōriyama
- Koizumi
- Yanagimoto
- Kaiju-Shibamura
- Uda-Matsuyama
- Kujira
- Takatori
In Kii Province
- Wakayama (ruled by a branch of the Tokugawa clan)
- Sayama
- Tannan
- Takatsuki
- Asada - Based in modern-day Hyōgo and Osaka Prefectures; held by the Aoki clan
- Amagasaki
- Sanda
- Tanba-Kameyama
- Sonobe
- Yamaga
- Ayabe
- Fukuchiyama
- Sasayama
- Kaibara
- Tanabe
- Miyazu
- Mineyama
- Izushi
- Toyooka
- Awaji-sumoto A part of the Tokushima Domain, it was held by the Inada family, retainers of the Hachisuka clan.
Chūgoku
- Tottori
- Shikano
- Wakasa
- Yonago
- Kurayoshi
- Kurosaka
- Yabase
- Okayama
- Koshima
- Tsuyama
- Tsuyamashinden
- Mimasaka-Katsuyama
- Niwase
- Ashimori
- Ikusaka
- Asao
- Okada
- Kamogata
- Bitchu-Matsuyama
- Niimi
- Nariwa
- Nishiebara
- Fukuyama
- Miyoshi
In Aki Province
- Hiroshima
- Hiroshimashinden
In Suo Province
Shikoku
In Awa Province
- Tokushima - Based in modern-day Tokushima city, Tokushima Prefecture; held by the Hachisuka clan
- Takamatsu
- Marugame
- Tadotsu
In Iyo Province
- Saijō
- Komatsu
- Imabari
- Iyo-Matsuyama
- Ozu
- Niiya
- Iyoyoshida
- Uwajima
- Tomida
- Matsuyamashinden
- Tosa
- Tosashinden
Kyūshū
- Fukuoka
- Akizuki
- Tōrenji
- Tsushima - Based on Tsushima Island; held by the Sō clan
- 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.
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)
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