Fukuoka Domain 福岡藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1600–1871 | |
Walls of Fukuoka Castle | |
Mon of the Kuroda clan
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![]() 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.
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