Akashi Domain

Akashi Domain
明石藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1600–1871
CapitalAkashi Castle
Area
 • Coordinates34°39′09″N 134°59′30″E / 34.65250°N 134.99167°E / 34.65250; 134.99167
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
• Ogasawara clan
1617
• Toda-Matsudaira clan
1633
• Okubo clan
1639
• Fujii-Matsudaira clan
1649
• Honda clan
1679
• Echizen-Matsidaira clan
1682
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Hyogo Prefecture
Akashi Domain is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Akashi Domain
Location of Akashi Castle
Akashi Domain is located in Japan
Akashi Domain
Akashi Domain (Japan)
Akashi Castle
Matsudaira Yoshinori

Akashi Domain (明石藩, Akashi-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around Akashi Castle, which is located in what is now the city of Akashi, Hyōgo. [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.