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.
Statements (47)
| 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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