| Kashima Domain 鹿島藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1609–1871 | |
 Mon of the Nabeshima clan
| |
 Kashima Shrine of site of Kashima Castle | |
| Capital | Tsunehiro Castle (1609–1807) Kashima Castle (1807–1871) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Daimyō |
| Daimyō | |
• 1609-1624 | Nabeshima Tadashige (first) |
• 1844-1871 | Nabeshima Naoyoshi (last) |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1609 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
| Today part of | Saga Prefecture |
  Location of Kashima Castle  Kashima Domain (Japan) | |
Kashima Domain (鹿島藩, Kashima-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was regarded as a sub-domain of Saga Domain. The domain was centered in what is now the city of Kashima, Saga. It was ruled by a cadet branch of the tozama daimyō Nabeshima clan for all of its history.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.