Tsuruoka Domain
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Shōnai (庄内藩 Shōnai-han?), also known as Tsuruoka-han, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Dewa Province. Though it was officially named Tsuruoka (鶴岡藩 Tsuruoka-han?), it was commonly known as Shōnai. It was famous for being ruled by one of the great fudai daimyō houses, the Sakai, and it achieved great prominence in the late Edo period as a military power. Shōnai had command of the Shinchogumi, the unit organized for the security of Edo in the 1860s.
In the Meiji Era, the former castle town became known once more as Tsuruoka.
