Yanagawa Domain

Yanagawa Domain
柳河藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
Yanagawa Castle
CapitalYanagawa Castle [ja]
Area
 • Coordinates33°9′38.6″N 130°24′3″E / 33.160722°N 130.40083°E / 33.160722; 130.40083
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofFukuoka Prefecture
Yanagawa Domain is located in Fukuoka Prefecture
Yanagawa Domain
Location of Yanagawa Castle
Yanagawa Domain is located in Japan
Yanagawa Domain
Yanagawa Domain (Japan)
Tachibana Akinobu, 11th daimyō of Yanagawa Domain
Ohana detached residence of Yanagawa Domain in Yanagawa

Yanagawa Domain (柳河藩, Yanagawa-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now eastern Fukuoka Prefecture. It was centered around Yanagawa Castle in what is now the city of Yanagawa, Fukuoka and was ruled by the tozama daimyō Tachibana clan for much of its history.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
  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.