Nihonmatsu Domain

Nihonmatsu Domain
二本松藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1627–1871
CapitalNihonmatsu Castle
Area
 • Coordinates37°35′59″N 140°25′41″E / 37.599642°N 140.427986°E / 37.599642; 140.427986
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• split from Aizu Domain
1627
•  Matsushita
1627
•  Katō
1628
•  Niwa
1641
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Fukushima Prefecture
Nihonmatsu castle, administrative center of Nihonmatsu Domain

Nihonmatsu Domain (二本松藩, Nihonmatsu-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in southern Mutsu Province. It was centered on Nihonmatsu Castle in what is now the city of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, and its territory included all of Nihonmatsu, Motomiya, Ōtama and most of the present-day city of Kōriyama. For most of its history it was ruled by the Niwa clan. The Nihonmatsu Domain was also the scene of a major battle of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration.