tozama domain

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A tozama domain was a feudal territory in Edo-period Japan ruled by a “outside” daimyo who was not a hereditary vassal of the Tokugawa before the Battle of Sekigahara, and thus held a more distant, often less trusted relationship with the shogunate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal domain
han
political division in Edo-period Japan
associatedWithEvent Battle of Sekigahara NERFINISHED
classificationCriterion allegiance to Tokugawa before Sekigahara
contrastedWith fudai domain NERFINISHED
shinpan domain
definedBy lack of hereditary vassalage to Tokugawa before Battle of Sekigahara
documentedIn Japanese Edo-period political history
endedWith abolition of the han system in 1871
etymology "tozama" meaning "outside" or "outsider"
governedBy tozama daimyo
governedFrom castle town
governedUnderSystem bakuhan system
hasAutonomyLevel relatively high internal autonomy
hasEconomicSignificance often controlled large, wealthy territories
hasLandAssessmentUnit koku
hasLanguageOrigin Japanese
hasLegalBasis Tokugawa shogunate domain system NERFINISHED
hasMilitaryRestriction monitored for military buildup by shogunate
hasMilitarySignificance often controlled large military resources
hasObligationsTo Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
hasPoliticalRole potential counterweight to Tokugawa power
hasPoliticalStatus outside vassal territory
hasPowerBalanceFunction kept at political distance from shogunate core
hasRelationshipToShogunate distant GENERATED
less trusted GENERATED
hasRiskPerceptionByShogunate potentially disloyal
hasRulerStatus non-hereditary Tokugawa vassal before Sekigahara
hasSocialStructure ruled by samurai class under daimyo
hasSuccessionRule hereditary rule within daimyo family
hasType tozama han NERFINISHED
includesNotableExamples Choshu Domain GENERATED
Hizen Saga Domain GENERATED
Satsuma Domain GENERATED
Tosa Domain GENERATED
minimumStipendForStatus 10,000 koku
oftenLocatedIn peripheral regions of Japan
partOf Edo-period Japan NERFINISHED
playedRoleIn Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
recordedIn bakufu administrative records
replacedBy prefectural system of Meiji government
restrictedIn access to high shogunate offices
ruledBy outside daimyo
subjectTo alternate attendance (sankin-kotai) regulations
subordinateTo Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
usedInPeriod Edo period NERFINISHED

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Kagoshima Domain politicalStatus tozama domain
Aizu Domain status tozama domain
Tosa Domain status tozama domain