Yodo Domain
Japanese historical estate in Yamashiro province / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yodo Domain (淀藩, Yodo-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, and the only domain located in Yamashiro Province. Its castle was located within modern-day Fushimi, Kyoto.
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Yodo Domain 淀藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1623–1871 | |
Mon of the Inaba clan
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Capital | Yodo Castle [ja] |
• Type | Daimyō |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1623 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
Today part of | Kyoto Prefecture |
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The strategic location of the castle figured in the 1582 Battle of Yamazaki.[1]
During the 1868 Battle of Toba–Fushimi, the master of Yodo changed his allegiance from the Shogunate to Imperial forces, going as far as closing his gate and refusing protection to the retreating army of the shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.