Fukuoka Domain

Fukuoka Domain
福岡藩
Fukuoka Domain 福岡藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
	Walls of Fukuoka Castle
	Mon of the Kuroda clan
	; Shimonohashi Gomon of Fukuoka Castle
Capital	Fukuoka Castle
Government
• Type	Daimyō
Daimyō
• 1600-1623	Kuroda Nagamasa (first)
• 1869-1871	Kuroda Nagatomo (last)
Historical era	Edo period; Meiji period
• Established	1600
• Disestablished	1871
Today part of	Fukuoka Prefecture

Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩, Fukuoka han) ^[1]was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Chikuzen Province in modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. The domain was sometimes referred to as "Chikuzen Domain" or "Kuroda Domain", named after the ruling Kuroda clan.^[2]^[3]^[4]With a kokudaka rating of 473,000 koku, the Fukuoka Domain was the fifth-largest domain in Japan, excluding those held by the Tokugawa-Matsudaira clans.

^ Roberts, Luke S. (2002-05-02). Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89335-0.
^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
^ Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

[1] Roberts, Luke S. (2002-05-02). Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89335-0.

[Nakayama-2] Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)

[Nigi-3] Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.

[Papinot-4] Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

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