Wakasa Domain

Wakasa Domain (若桜藩, Wakasa-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Inaba Province in modern-day Tottori Prefecture.[1]

Wakasa Domain
若桜藩
(1868–1870, 1601–1617)

Tottori-Nishiyakata-Shinden Domain
鳥取西館新田藩
(1700–1868)
Domain of Japan
1601–1617
1700–1870
CapitalWakasa jin'ya
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1601
 Disestablished
1870
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tottori Domain
Tottori Domain
Today part ofTottori Prefecture

In the han system, Wakasa 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.

See also

References

Map of Japan, 1789 -- the Han system affected cartography
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