- List of Han
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-eraJapan . 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.Hokkaidō *Matsumae - Located in modern-day Matsumae town, Matsumae District; held by the
Matsumae clan . Only domain inEzo (modernHokkaidō ). Also known as Tate.
= Tōhoku =In
Mutsu Province
*Hirosaki - Located in modern-dayAomori Prefecture
*Kuroishi - Branch of Hirosaki han, based in modern-dayKuroishi, Aomori
*Hachinohe - Branch of Morioka han
*Kunohe - Branch ofMorioka Domain , corresponded to modernKunohe District, Iwate
*Morioka - Located in modern-day Akita, Aomori, andIwate Prefecture s, 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-dayIchinoseki, Iwate ; held by theTamura clan , a branch family of theDate clan
*Iwakidaira - held by theTorii 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-daySendai, Miyagi ; held by theDate family
**Mizusawa Domain - subdomain
*Shimotedo - Based in modern-day Tsukidate town, Date District, Fukushima
*Sōmanakamura - Located in modern-dayFukushima Prefecture , capital was modern-day Sōma, Fukushima; was briefly Nakamura Prefecture after the abolition of the han system
*Tonami - Created in1870 and granted to the Matsudaira ofAizu . 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-dayMutsu, Aomori
*Yunagaya
*IzumiIn
Dewa Province
*Tsuruoka - Based in modern-day Tsuruoka,Yamagata Prefecture ; held by theSakai 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 theTorii family
*Yonezawa - Held by theUesugi 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
*YonezawashindenKantō In
Hitachi Province
*Mito, held by a branch of theTokugawa clan .
*Matsuoka (sub-domain of Mito)
*Kasama
*Shishido
*Shimotsuma
*Shimodate
*Hitachi-Fuchū
*Tsuchiura
*Asō
*Yatabe
*UshikuIn
Shimotsuke Province
*Kurohane
*Ōtawara (not to be confused with Odawara)
*Kitsuregawa
*Utsunomiya
*Mibu
*Fukiage
*Sano
*AshikagaIn
Kōzuke Province
*Tatebayashi
*Isezaki
*Maebashi
*Takasaki
*Numata
*Yoshii
*Annaka
*Nanokaichi
*ObataIn
Shimousa Province
*Koga
*Yūki
*Sekiyado
*Takaoka
*Omigawa
*Sakura - Based in modern-dayChiba Prefecture ; held by theHotta clan
*Tako
*OyumiIn
Kazusa Province
*Goi
*Tsurumaki
*Jōzai - Based in modern-dayChiba Prefecture ; held by theHayashi clan (Jōzai) . Previously called Kaibuchi, later reassigned to the Takiwaki-Matsudaira clan of Ojima and renamed Sakurai.
*Iino - Based in modern-dayChiba Prefecture ; held by a branch famiy of theAizu Domain 's Hoshina and laterMatsudaira clan s.
*Ichinomiya
*Sanuki
*Kururi
*ŌtakiIn Awa Province
*Awa-Katsuyama
*Tateyama
*HōjōIn
Musashi Province
*Okabe
*Kuki
*Oshi - Based in modern-daySaitama Prefecture ; held by theMatsudaira clan andAbe clan
*Iwatsuki - Based in modern-daySaitama Prefecture ; held by theNagai clan ,Ōoka clan ,Abe clan
*Kawagoe - Based in modern-daySaitama Prefecture ; held by theSakai clan ,Hotta clan ,Yanagisawa clan ,Akimoto clan ,Matsudaira clan
*MutsuuraIn
Sagami Province *Odawara - Based in modern-day
Kanagawa Prefecture ; held by theOkubo clan ,Abe clan ,Inaba clan
*Oginoyamanaka
=Chūbu=In
Echigo Province
*Murakami
*Kurokawa
*Mikkaichi
*Shibata
*Muramatsu
*Yoita
*Nagaoka
*Mineyama
*Shiiya
*Takada
*ItoigawaIn
Shinano Province
*Iiyama
*Susaka
*Matsushiro
*Ueda
*Komoro
*Iwamurata
*Matsumoto - Based in modern-day Matsumoto,Nagano Prefecture ; held by the Matsudaira andMizuno clan s and others
*Okutono - Held by the Ogyū branch of theMatsudaira clan ; later known as Tatsuoka and centered inShinano Province .
*Takashima
*Takatō
*Iida
*ŌhamaIn
Kai Province
*Kōfu
*YamuraIn
Etchū Province
*ToyamaIn
Kaga Province
*Kanazawa
*DaishōjiIn
Echizen Province
*Maruoka
*Fukui
*Katsuyama
*Ōno
*Sabae
*TsurugaIn
Wakasa Province
*Obama
*Takahama
=Tōkai=In
Suruga Province
*Numazu
*Tanaka
*OjimaIn
Tōtōmi Province
*Sagara
*Kakegawa
*Yokosuka
*HamamatsuIn
Mikawa Province
*Yoshida (later called Toyohashi)
*Tawara
*Hatagamura
*Nishiōhira
*Okazaki
*Koromo
*Nishio
*Kariya
*Ogyū-Okutono (see Tanoguchi)
*AshisukeIn
Owari Province
*Owari
*Inuyama (sub-domain of Owari)In
Hida Province
*Hida-TakayamaIn
Mino Province
*Naegi
*Iwamura
*Kanō
*Imao (sub-domain of Owari)
*Takasu
*Takatomi
*Gujōhachiman
*ŌgakiKansai In
Ise Province
*Nagashima
*Kuwana Held by the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan.
*Komono
*Kanbe
*Ise-saijo(Minami-hayashizaki)
*Ise-kameyama
*Tsu - Based in modern-dayMie Prefecture ; held by theTōdō clan
*HisaiIn
Shima Province
*TobaIn
Ōmi Province
*Miyagawa
*Katada
*Ōmizo
*Hikone
*Hikoneshinden
*Yamakami
*Mikami
*Nishōji
*Minakuchi
*ZezeIn
Yamashiro Province
*YodoIn
Yamato Province
*Yagyū
*Kōriyama
*Koizumi
*Yanagimoto
*Kaiju-Shibamura
*Uda-Matsuyama
*Kujira
*TakatoriIn
Kii Province
*Wakayama (ruled by a branch of theTokugawa clan )In
Izumi Province
*Kishiwada
*HakataIn
Kawachi Province
*Sayama
*TannanIn
Settsu Province *Takatsuki
*Asada - Based in modern-day Hyōgo andOsaka Prefecture s; held by theAoki clan
*Amagasaki
*SandaIn
Tanba Province *Tanba-Kameyama
*Sonobe
*Yamaga
*Ayabe
*Fukuchiyama
*Sasayama
*KaibaraIn
Tango Province
*Tanabe
*Miyazu
*MineyamaIn
Harima Province
*Akashi
*Ono
*Migusa
*Himeji
*Hayashida
*Tatsuno
*Anshi
*Mikazuki
*AkōIn
Tajima Province
*Izushi
*ToyookaIn
Awaji Province *Awaji-sumoto A part of the
Tokushima Domain , it was held by the Inada family, retainers of theHachisuka clan .
=Chūgoku=In
Inaba Province
*Tottori
*Shikano
*WakasaIn
Hōki Province
*Yonago
*Kurayoshi
*Kurosaka
*YabaseIn
Izumo Province
*Hirose
*Mori
*Matsue
*MatsueshindenIn
Iwami Province
*Yoshinaga
*Hamada
*TsuwanoIn
Bizen Province
*Okayama
*KoshimaIn
Mimasaka Province
*Tsuyama
*Tsuyamashinden
*Mimasaka-KatsuyamaIn
Bitchū Province
*Niwase
*Ashimori
*Ikusaka
*Asao
*Okada
*Kamogata
*Bitchu-Matsuyama
*Niimi
*Nariwa
*NishiebaraIn
Bingo Province
*Fukuyama
*MiyoshiIn
Aki Province
*Hiroshima
*HiroshimashindenIn
Suo Province
*Iwakuni
*Tokuyama
*KudamatsuIn
Nagato Province
*Chōshū - Based in modern-day Hagi,Yamaguchi Prefecture ; held by theMōri clan
*Chōfu
*KiyosueShikoku In Awa Province
*Tokushima - Based in modern-day Tokushima city,Tokushima Prefecture ; held by theHachisuka clan In
Sanuki Province
*Takamatsu
*Marugame
*TadotsuIn
Iyo Province
*Saijō
*Komatsu
*Imabari
*Iyo-Matsuyama
*Ozu
*Niiya
*Iyoyoshida
*Uwajima
*Tomida
*MatsuyamashindenIn
Tosa Province
*Tosa
*TosashindenKyūshū In
Chikuzen Province
*Fukuoka
*Akizuki
*"'TōrenjiIn
Chikugo Province
*Kurume
*Yanagawa
*MiikeIn
Buzen Province
*Kokura
*Kokurashinden
*NakatsuIn
Bungo Province
*Kitsuki
*Hiji
*Mori
*Funai
*Usuki
*Saeki
*OkaIn
Hizen Province
*Karatsu
*Saga
*Hasunoike
*Ogi
*Kashima
*Hirado
*Hiradoshinden
*Ōmura
*Shimabara
*FukueIn
Tsushima Province
*Tsushima - Based onTsushima Island ; held by theSō clan In
Higo Province
*Kumamoto (Higo)
*Uto
*Hitoyoshi
*KumamotoshindenIn
Hyūga Province
*Nobeoka
*Takanabe
*Sadowara
*ObiIn Satsuma and
Ōsumi Province s
*Satsuma - Based in modern-day Kagoshima; held by theShimazu family , and controlledRyūkyū 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.
*ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/hantop.html "Edo 300 Han HTML"] (ret. 5 Feb. 2008)
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