Hirose Domain
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Hirose Domain (広瀬藩, Hirose-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Izumo Province in modern-day Shimane Prefecture.[1]
| Hirose Domain 広瀬藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1666–1871 | |
| Capital | Hirose jin'ya |
| • Type | Daimyō |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1666 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
| Today part of | Shimane Prefecture |
In the han system, Hirose was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2] In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area.[3] This was different from the feudalism of the West.
List of daimyōs
The hereditary daimyōs were head of the clan and head of the domain.
- Matsudaira clan, 1666–1868 (fudai; 30,000 koku)[4]
