Hirado Domain
Japanese historical estate in Hizen Province / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hirado Domain (平戸藩, Hirado-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It is associated with Hizen Province in modern-day Nagasaki Prefecture.[1]
Quick Facts 平戸藩, Capital ...
Hirado Domain 平戸藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1587–1871 | |
Capital | Hirado Castle |
• Type | Daimyō |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1587 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
Today part of | Nagasaki Prefecture |
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In the han system, Hirado was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2] In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area.[3] This was different from the feudalism of the West.