Iwakuni Domain
Administrative division in western Japan during the Edo period (1600-1871) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iwakuni Domain (岩国藩, Iwakuni-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now southeastern Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was centered around Iwakuni jin'ya and was ruled throughout its history the Kikkawa clan. Iwakuni Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871.[1][2][3]
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Iwakuni Domain 岩国藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1600–1871 | |
Mon of the Kikkawa clan
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Capital | Iwakuni Castle |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 4°10′30.92″N 132°10′27.23″E |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1600 |
1871 | |
Contained within | |
• Province | Suō Province |
Today part of | Yamaguchi Prefecture |
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