Hiroshima Domain

Hiroshima Domain
広島藩
*Hiroshima-han*
Hiroshima Domain 広島藩 ; Hiroshima-han
Domain of Japan
1601–1871
	View of Hirohima Castle
	Flag Mon of the Asano
	; Reconstructed Hiroshima Castle in Hiroshima
Capital	Hiroshima Castle
Area
• Coordinates	34°24′10″N 132°27′33″E / 34.40278°N 132.45917°E
Government
Daimyō
• 1591–1600	Mōri Terumoto (first)
• 1869–1871	Asano Nagakoto (last)
Historical era	Edo period
• Established	1601
• Abolition of the han system	1871
Contained within
• Province	Aki, Bingo
Today part of	Hiroshima Prefecture

The Hiroshima Domain (広島藩, Hiroshima-han) was a large domain that owned all of Aki Province and half of Bingo Province. It occupies most of current Hiroshima Prefecture. The domain office was located at Hiroshima Castle in Sato District, Aki Province (renamed Numata District in 1664), Hiroshima (present-day Motomachi, Naka Ward, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture). It is often called Geishu Domain (or Aki Domain).^[1]

The Hiroshima Domain was based at Hiroshima Castle in Aki Province, in the modern city of Hiroshima, located in the Chūgoku region of the island of Honshu. The Hiroshima Domain was ruled for most of its existence by the daimyō of the Asano clan and encompassed Aki Province and parts of Bingo Province with a Kokudaka system value of 426,500 koku. The Hiroshima Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Hiroshima Prefecture.^[2]

^ Roberts, Luke S. (2 May 2002). Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89335-0.
^ Pratt, Edward (23 March 2020). Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. BRILL. ISBN 978-1-68417-327-3.

[1] Roberts, Luke S. (2 May 2002). Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain: The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89335-0.

[2] Pratt, Edward (23 March 2020). Japan's Protoindustrial Elite: The Economic Foundations of the Gōnō. BRILL. ISBN 978-1-68417-327-3.

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