Historical term for the territory and administrative unit of a daimyo during the Edo period and early Meiji era. Often used as a suffix after the domain name, e.g. 薩摩藩.
In the Edo period, there were about three hundred domains in Japan.
His ancestors were samurai of the Satsuma domain.
The Satsuma domain had great influence at the end of the Edo period.
His ancestor was a samurai who served the Kaga domain.
This lord governed the domain for many years.
feudal lord; daimyo
retainer of a daimyo; feudal retainer
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
leaving one's domain; becoming a lordless samurai
abolition of the han system and establishment of prefectures (1871)
han school; domain school
daimyo's Edo residence
many feudal domains; the various clans
each feudal domain; each fief
Standard kanji spelling for the historical domain.
The kanji 藩 originally meant 'fence' or 'screen' and was used in Chinese to refer to a feudal state or protectorate. In Japan, it was adopted to denote the domains of daimyo under the Tokugawa shogunate.
the same domain; the same province