Amagasaki Domain 尼崎藩 | |
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under Tokugawa shogunate Japan | |
1615–1871 | |
Capital | Amagasaki Castle |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 34°42′51.757″N 135°25′14.005″E / 34.71437694°N 135.42055694°E |
• Type | Daimyō |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1615 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
Today part of | part of Hyōgo Prefecture |
Amagasaki Domain (尼崎藩, Amagasaki-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Settsu Province in what is now the southeastern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle. The domain extended over parts of Settsu Province that correspond to portions of the cities of Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Itami, and Takarazuka, in modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was controlled by the fudai daimyō Aoyama clan followed by the Sakurai-branch of the Matsudaira clan throughout most of its history. [1][2][3]