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The Matsumae Domain (松前藩), a prominent domain during the Edo period, was situated in Matsumae, Matsumae Island (Ishijima), which is currently known as Matsumae Town, Matsumae District, Hokkaido, via Tsugaru District, Oshima Province. The clan's leader, also known as the lord of the domain, constructed Matsumae Fukuyama Castle in the same location and henceforth, the clan came to be referred to as the Fukuyama clan. In 1868, the castle was relocated to Tatejo in Assabu-cho, Hiyama-gun, within the territory, and was known as Tatehan during the Meiji period. Initially, the Matsumae clan's jurisdiction was limited to the Wajin territory on the Oshima Peninsula in southwest Hokkaido. However, they gradually expanded their control over the Ezo region, which is now part of Hokkaido, and transformed it into their domain. The clan's economic foundation relied on their exclusive trade with the Ainu people of Ezo, which set them apart from the agricultural-based governance principles of the Shogunate system. Towards the end of the Edo period, the shogunate often assumed control over Ezo.[1][2][3]
Japanese feudal domain located in Hokkaidō Province
Matsumae Domain
松前藩
Domain of Japan
1590–1871
Mon of the Matsumae clan
Restored castle tower of Matsumae Castle
Capital
Matsumae Castle
• Type
Daimyō
Historical era
Edo period
• Established
1590
• Disestablished
1871
Today part of
Aomori Prefecture
Matsumae Norihiro, the 13th next to last daimyo of Matsumae DomainMatsumae Nagahiro, final daimyo of Matsumae Domain
^Howell, David L. (2018-05-04). Capitalism From Within: Economy, Society, and the State in a Japanese Fishery. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-30158-0.
^Siddle, Richard M. (2012-06-14). Race, Resistance and the Ainu of Japan. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-82680-3.
^Bailey, Scott C. M. (2023-12-01). Russia and Japan in the Sea of Okhotsk: A Global History of Maritime Travel and Cultural Encounters, 1600-1900. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-003-81876-2.
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in Sakhalin and took tribute from them. In 1635 Matsumae Kinhiro, the second daimyō of MatsumaeDomain in Hokkaidō, sent Satō Kamoemon and Kakizaki Kuroudo...
in Sakhalin and took tribute from them. In 1635 Matsumae Kinhiro, the second daimyō of MatsumaeDomain in Hokkaidō, sent Satō Kamoemon and Kakizaki Kuroudo...
ceremonial—of trade—full of the political symbolism of subservience, to the MatsumaeDomain. The word is understood to derive from the Ainu u (ウ), referring to...
a Shinto shrine in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. In Tenmei 5 (1785), MatsumaeDomain trader and agent Murayama Denbee (村山伝兵衛) (1738–1813) is said to have...
and killing Onibishi. Shakushain then went on to declare war on the MatsumaeDomain, stationed on the very south of Hokkaido, in Shakushain's Revolts,...
vassals and became the domain of the Matsumae clan. In 1799, Eastern Ezochi was given to the Tokugawa shogunate and with the Matsumae family's Yanagawa transfer...
through Ryūkyū), while Tsushima Domain handled diplomatic and trade relations with Joseon-dynasty Korea, and MatsumaeDomain managed communications with the...
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island appears on an official map showing the territories of MatsumaeDomain, a feudal domain of Edo-period Japan dated 1644. Due to its proximity to the...
early Meiji period to distinguish it from MatsumaeDomain, which was also popularly called "Fukuyama Domain" at the time. After the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara...
come from the "Shinra no Kiroku" which describes the history of the MatsumaeDomain. It is distributed along the southern coastline of the Oshima peninsula...
alongside displays related to the histories of the Ainu and of the MatsumaeDomain. List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Hokkaidō) List of...
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