Akō Domain

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Akō Domain was a feudal han in Edo-period Japan, best known as the home domain of the Forty-seven Rōnin whose famous vendetta became a legendary tale of loyalty and revenge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese feudal domain
han
abolished 1871
abolishedBy Abolition of the han system
approximateKokudaka 50,000 koku
bestKnownFor Akō vendetta
Forty-seven Rōnin NERFINISHED
capital Akō NERFINISHED
Akō Castle NERFINISHED
country Japan
culturalSignificance subject of bunraku plays
subject of jidaigeki films
subject of kabuki plays
symbol of loyalty in Japanese culture
daimyō Asano Nagahide NERFINISHED
Asano Naganao NERFINISHED
Asano Naganori NERFINISHED
Asano Nagashige NERFINISHED
Asano Nagatomo NERFINISHED
Mori Naganao NERFINISHED
Nagahashi Naotsune NERFINISHED
established early Edo period
governingSystem bakuhan system
governmentType feudal domain under a daimyō
hasNotableEvent Forty-seven Rōnin vendetta of 1701–1703 NERFINISHED
hasNotableFigure Forty-seven Rōnin NERFINISHED
Ōishi Kuranosuke NERFINISHED
hasSite Akō Castle ruins NERFINISHED
graves of the Forty-seven Rōnin NERFINISHED
Ōishi Shrine NERFINISHED
historicalRegion San’yōdō NERFINISHED
language Japanese
locatedIn Harima Province NERFINISHED
present-day Hyōgo Prefecture
locatedInTimePeriod Edo period NERFINISHED
overlord Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED
partOf Tokugawa Japan NERFINISHED
politicalStatus tozama domain NERFINISHED
relatedWork Chūshingura NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
Shinto
rulingClan Asano Naganori NERFINISHED
Asano clan NERFINISHED
Mori clan NERFINISHED
Nagahashi clan NERFINISHED
successorEntity Akō Prefecture NERFINISHED
Hyōgo Prefecture NERFINISHED

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Ōishi allegiance Akō Domain
Sengaku-ji Temple associatedWith Akō Domain
subject surface form: Sengaku-ji