Kaga Domain

Kaga Domain
加賀藩
Kaga-han
Domain of Japan
1601–1871
Kanazawa Castle in Kanazawa
Mon of the Kaga-Maeda of Kaga Domain

Map of Kaga Domain (green), Daishōji Domain (orange) and Toyama Domain (brown) in late Edo period.
CapitalKanazawa Castle
Area
 • Coordinates36°34′N 136°52′E / 36.567°N 136.867°E / 36.567; 136.867
Government
Daimyō 
• 1601–1605
Maeda Toshinaga (first)
• 1866–1871
Maeda Yoshiyasu (last)
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1601
1871
Contained within
 • ProvinceKaga, Etchū, Noto
Today part ofIshikawa Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture

The Kaga Domain (加賀藩, Kaga-han), also known as the Kanazawa Domain (金沢藩, Kanazawa-han), was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1583 to 1871.[1]

The Kaga Domain was based at Kanazawa Castle in Kaga Province, in the modern city of Kanazawa, located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu. The Kaga Domain was ruled for its existence by the tozama daimyō of the Maeda, and covered most of Kaga Province and Etchū Province and all of Noto Province in the Hokuriku region. The Kaga Domain had an assessed kokudaka of over one million koku, making it by far the largest domain of the Tokugawa shogunate.[2] The Kaga Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Ishikawa Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture.