Kitsuki Domain

Kitsuki Domain
杵築藩
Domain of Japan
1632–1871
Kitsuki Castle
CapitalKitsuki Castle
Area
 • Coordinates33°24′53.09″N 131°37′39.6″E / 33.4147472°N 131.627667°E / 33.4147472; 131.627667
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1632
1871
Contained within
 • ProvinceBungo Province
Today part ofOita Prefecture
Kitsuki Domain is located in Oita Prefecture
Kitsuki Domain
Location of Kitsuki Castle
Kitsuki Domain is located in Japan
Kitsuki Domain
Kitsuki Domain (Japan)
Castle town of Kitsuki
Matsudaira Chikataka, final daimyō of Kitsuki

Kitsuki Domain (杵築藩, Kitsuki-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now northern Ōita Prefecture. It was centered around Kitsuki Castle in what is now the city of Kitsuki and was ruled by the fudai daimyō Nomi-Matsudaira clan for most of its history.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
  3. ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.