Map of Nanbu and Tsugaru clan holdings in the late Edo period. Morioka Domain in orange, Hachinohe Domain in pink and Shichinohe Domain in yellow; lands of the rival Tsugaru Domain are in green
Morioka Domain (盛岡藩, Morioka-han) was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan. It was ruled throughout its history by the Nanbu clan.[1] It was called Nanbu Domain (南部藩, Nanbu han) during the early part of its history. It was located in northern Mutsu Province, Honshū, covering the eastern half of what is now Aomori Prefecture and the northern two-thirds of what is now Iwate Prefecture and the Kazuno District of what is now Akita Prefecture. The domain was centered at Morioka Castle in the city of Morioka. For most of its history, Morioka Domain had an official kokudaka of 100,000 koku, although its actual revenues were much higher. Towards the end of the Edo period, the domain’s status was raised to 200,000 koku.
^Taniguchi, Makoto and Takayuki Shiraiwa. (2005). The orphan tsunami of 1700, pp. 44–45.
MoriokaDomain (盛岡藩, Morioka-han) was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan. It was ruled throughout its history by the Nanbu clan. It was called...
Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated...
Ietsuna divided the 100,000 koku domain into MoriokaDomain (80,000 koku) and Hachinohe Domain (20,000 koku). Hachinohe Domain thus had a somewhat ambiguous...
as daimyō of MoriokaDomain under the Edo-period Tokugawa shogunate. The domain was in constant conflict with neighboring Hirosaki Domain, whose ruling...
was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over MoriokaDomain, Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan during the Edo...
Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 15th and final daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 41st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
1752) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 7th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 33rd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
clan of MoriokaDomain and prospered due to its fishing industry and location on the road connecting MoriokaDomain with the Hirosaki Domain. During the...
1820) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 36th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
1632) was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 1st daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 27th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
loyalist domains such as Aizu/Wakamatsu or Morioka/Morioka were organized in prefectures (urban -fu and rural -ken) while all other feudal domains (-han)...
1664) was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 28th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
Nanbu clan was allowed to survive as 2300 koku hatamoto serving the MoriokaDomain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Their revenues were increased to 5000...
countries at the time. An alliance of western samurai, particularly the domains of Chōshū, Satsuma, and Tosa, and court officials secured control of the...
Toshitomo (南部利義, 12 January 1824 – 21 August 1888) was the 13th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan and the 39th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...
mid-Edo period Japanese individuals who served as the 11th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan and the 37th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...
an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 4th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 30th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
1896) was a Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 14th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 40th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
1707) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 31st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
1855) was a late Edo period Japanese samurai and the 12th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 38th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 29th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
constant conflict with their former overlords, the Nanbu clan of adjoining MoriokaDomain. During the Boshin War of 1868-69, the Tsugaru clan fought mostly on...
(1664-1871) – Branch of Morioka han Kunohe (Unknown Dates) – Branch of MoriokaDomain, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate Morioka (De facto:1592-1871/De...
1725) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 6th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 32nd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
MoriokaDomain. He was made a page in 1849 in service to Nanbu Toshiyoshi; five years later he became a karō, and led a reform program in the Morioka...
Toshifumi, born April 8, 1970) is the 46th head of the Nanbu clan from MoriokaDomain, descendant of Emperor Go-Yōzei, and statutory auditor of the Tohoku...
1780) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th daimyō of MoriokaDomain in northern Japan. He was the 34th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...
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