Amagasaki Domain

Amagasaki Domain
尼崎藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1615–1871
CapitalAmagasaki Castle
Area
 • Coordinates34°42′51.757″N 135°25′14.005″E / 34.71437694°N 135.42055694°E / 34.71437694; 135.42055694
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1615
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Hyōgo Prefecture
Amagasaki Domain is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Amagasaki Domain
Location of Amagasaki Castle
Amagasaki Domain is located in Japan
Amagasaki Domain
Amagasaki Domain (Japan)
Matsudaira Tadaoka, last daimyō of Amagasaki
Reconstructed Amagasaki Castle tenshu

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]

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  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.