Shirakawa Domain

Shirakawa Domain
白河藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1627–1868
CapitalKomine Castle
Area
 • Coordinates37°07′57″N 140°12′49″E / 37.132624°N 140.213583°E / 37.132624; 140.213583
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1627
•  Niwa
1627
•  Sakakibara
1647
•  Honda
1649
•  Matsudaira
1681
•  Abe
1823
• Disestablished
1868
Today part ofpart of Fukushima Prefecture
Komine Castle

Shirakawa Domain (白河藩, Shirakawa-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was centered on Komine Castle in what is now the city of Shirakawa, Fukushima. Its most famous ruler was Matsudaira Sadanobu, the architect of the Kansei Reforms. It was also the scene of one of the battles of the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration.