Okayama Domain

Okayama Domain
岡山藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
Mon of the Ikeda clan of Okayama Domain
CapitalOkayama Castle
Area
 • Coordinates34°39′54.65″N 133°56′9.79″E / 34.6651806°N 133.9360528°E / 34.6651806; 133.9360528
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
1871
Contained within
 • ProvinceBizen and part of Bitchū
Today part ofOkayama Prefecture
Okayama Domain is located in Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Domain
Location of Okayama Castle
Okayama Domain is located in Japan
Okayama Domain
Okayama Domain (Japan)
Ikeda Akimasa
Auditorium of the Shizutani School
Kōraku-en

Okayama Domain (岡山藩, Okayama-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now eastern Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu. It controlled all of Bizen Province and a small portion of Bitchū Province was centered around Okayama Castle, and was ruled throughout its history by a branch of the Ikeda clan. Okayama Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.[1][2][3] Okayama Domain had two sub-domains, Kamogata Domain (鴨方藩) and Ikusaka Domain (生坂藩). In addition, six of the clans who served as hereditary karō of the domain had kokudaka equivalents to that of daimyō.

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