Iwakuni Domain

Iwakuni Domain
岩国藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
Kin-un-kaku pavilon in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Mon of the Kikkawa clan of Iwakuni Domain
CapitalIwakuni Castle
Area
 • Coordinates4°10′30.92″N 132°10′27.23″E / 4.1752556°N 132.1742306°E / 4.1752556; 132.1742306
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
1871
Contained within
 • ProvinceSuō Province
Today part ofYamaguchi Prefecture
Iwakuni Domain is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Iwakuni Domain
Location of Iwakuni Castle
Iwakuni Domain is located in Japan
Iwakuni Domain
Iwakuni Domain (Japan)
Kikkawa Tsunemasa, daimyo of Iwakuni
Reconstructed tenshu of Iwakuni Castle

Iwakuni Domain (岩国藩, Iwakuni-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now southeastern Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was centered around Iwakuni jin'ya and was ruled throughout its history the Kikkawa clan. Iwakuni Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871.[1][2][3]

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