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.
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[edit] Hokkaidō
- Matsumae - Located in modern-day Matsumae town, Matsumae District; held by the Matsumae clan. Only domain in Ezo (modern Hokkaidō)
[edit] Tōhoku
- Aizu - Based in modern-day Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture; controlled by the Hotta 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.
- Kunohe - Branch of Morioka Domain, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate
- Kuroishi - Branch of Hirosaki han, based in modern-day Kuroishi, Aomori
- Hirosaki - Located in modern-day Aomori Prefecture
- Kōri - Based in modern-day Kōri town, Date District, Fukushima
- Miharu - Held by the Kato, Matsushita, and Akita families.
- Morioka - Located in modern-day Akita, Aomori, and Iwate Prefectures, originally consisted of 10 districts - in modern Iwate: Iwate, Iwate, Waga, Shiwa, Kunohe, Ninhoe, and Hei (now split into Kamihei and Shimohe); in modern Aomori: Sannohe and Kita (now divided into Kamikita and Shimokita districts); in modern Akita: Kazuno
- Moriyama - Held by the Mito clan, a branch of the Tokugawa
- Sendai - Based in modern-day Sendai, Miyagi; held by the Date family
- 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 from part of former Aizu han. 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
- Tsuruoka - Based in modern-day Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture; held by the Shōnai and Sakai clans
- Yamagata - Based in modern-day Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture; held by the Torii family
- Yanagawa - Based in modern-day Yanagawa town, Date District, Fukushima; held by the Uesugi clan
- Yanohe - Branch of Morioka han
[edit] Kantō
- Iino - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by a branch famiy of the Aizu Domain's Hoshina and later Matsudaira clans.
- Jōzai - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by the Hayashi family. Previously called Kaibuchi, later called Sakurai.
- Sakura - Based in modern-day Chiba Prefecture; held by the Hotta clan
- Oshi - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Matsudaira clan and Abe clan
- Kawagoe - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Sakai clan,Hotta clan,Yanagisawa clan,Akimoto clan,Matsudaira clan
- Iwatsuki - Based in modern-day Saitama Prefecture; held by the Nagai clan, Oh-oka clan, Abe clan
- Odawara - Based in modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture; held by the Okubo clan,Abe clan,Inaba clan
- Tamanawa - Based in modern-day Kanagawa Prefecture; held by the Matsudaira clan and Honda clan
[edit] Chūbu
- 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
[edit] Kansai
- Nagashima
- Kuwana
- Komono
- Ise-kameyama
- Kanbe
- Hisai
- Hatsuda
- Ise-saijo(Minami-hayashizaki)
- Ise-ueno
- Ise-hayashi
- Kumozu
- Matsusaka
- Takehara
- Ise-iwade
- Tamaru
- Iura
- Iga-ueno
- Toba
- Asahiyama
- Ōmi-miyakawa
- Nagahama
- Hikone
- Hikoneshinden
- Ōmizo
- Katada
- Omori
- Yamakami
- Mikami
- Akashi
- Amagasaki
- Asada - Based in modern-day Hyōgo and Osaka Prefectures; held by the Aoki clan
- Tsu - Based in modern-day Mie Prefecture; held by the Tōdō clan
- Awaji-sumoto
[edit] Chūgoku
- Tottori
- Shikano
- Wakasa
- Yonago
- Kurayoshi
- Kurosaka
- Yabase
- Matsue
- matsueshinden
- Hirose
- Mori
- Tsuyama
- Tsuyamashinden
- Katsuyama
- Miyagawa
- Taduta
- Yoshinaga
- Hamada
- Tsuwano
- Okayama
- Koshima
- Niimi
- Bitchu-matsuyama
- Nariwa
- Asao
- Ashimori
- Okada
- Niwase
- Ikusaka
- Kamoga
- Nishiebara
- Miyoshi
- Fukuyama
- Hiroshima
- Hiroshimashinden
- Iwakuni
- Tokuyama
- Kudamatsu
- Chōshū - Based in modern-day Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture; held by the Mōri clan
- Chōfu
- Kiyosue
[edit] Other, in Honshū
[edit] Shikoku
- Takamatsu
- Marugame
- Tadotsu
- Tokushima - Based in modern-day Tokushima city, Tokushima Prefecture; held by the Hachisuka clan
- Tomida
- Imabari
- Saijo
- Komatsu
- Matsuyama
- Matsuyamashinden
- Ozu
- Niiya
- Iyoyoshida
- Uwajima
- Tosa
[edit] Kyūshū
- Ogura
- Chizuka
- Nakatsu
- Kitsuki
- Takada
- Hiji
- Mori
- Funai
- Usuki
- Funai
- Saiki
- Oka
- Funai
- Tōrenji
- Fukuoka
- Akizuki
- Matsuzaki
- Kurume
- Yanagawa
- Miike
- Karatsu
- Hirado
- Hiradoshinden
- Ogi
- Hasunoike
- Saga
- Kashima
- Ōmura
- Shimabara
- Fukue
- Kumamoto (Higo)
- Uto
- Hitoyoshi
- Tomioka
- Nobeoka
- Takanabe
- Sadowara
- Obi
- Satsuma - Based in modern-day Kagoshima; held by the Shimazu family, and controlled Ryūkyū Kingdom as well.
- Tsushima - Based on Tsushima Island; held by the Sō clan
- Ryūkyū - Controlled as a quasi-independent nation for much of the Edo period by Satsuma; briefly became a han from 1872-1879.
