Nagato Domain

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Nagato Domain was a powerful feudal domain in western Honshu ruled by the Mōri clan, historically significant for its leading role in the events that led to the Meiji Restoration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal domain
han
abolishedAsDomainSystem 1871
abolishedBy Meiji government NERFINISHED
allegiance Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
alliedWith Satsuma Domain NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Chōshū NERFINISHED
capital Hagi NERFINISHED
castleTown Hagi NERFINISHED
contributedTo overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate
country Japan
daimyoClan Mōri clan NERFINISHED
domainLordsTitle daimyō
domainSystem han system
economicBase agricultural land tax
era Edo period NERFINISHED
governmentType bakuhan system
hasCastle Hagi Castle NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Chōshū region NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance major tozama domain opposing the Tokugawa shogunate in the late Edo period
importantEvent Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED
involvedIn Boshin War NERFINISHED
language Japanese
locatedIn Nagato Province NERFINISHED
western Honshu
mergedWith Suō Domain NERFINISHED
militaryForces samurai retainers
modernLocation Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
notableClanMember Mōri Takachika NERFINISHED
notableEducationalInstitution Shōka Sonjuku NERFINISHED
notableReformMovement sonnō jōi movement
notableSamurai Kido Takayoshi NERFINISHED
Takasugi Shinsaku NERFINISHED
Yoshida Shōin NERFINISHED
policy modernization of military in late Edo period
politicalAlignmentLateEdo anti-Tokugawa
predecessor Mōri clan territories in Nagato Province NERFINISHED
region Chūgoku region
religion Buddhism
Shinto
reorganizedAs Yamaguchi Prefecture NERFINISHED
roleInEvent leading role in the events that led to the Meiji Restoration
ruledBy Mōri clan NERFINISHED
sovereignDuringEdo Tokugawa shōgun NERFINISHED
status tozama domain NERFINISHED
successor Chōshū Domain NERFINISHED
typeOfSubdivision Edo-period domain

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Chōshū Domain alsoKnownAs Nagato Domain