Surviving yagura of Tsuwano CastleKamei Koremi, final daimyō of Tsuwano
Tsuwano Domain (津和野藩, Tsuwano-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now western Shimane Prefecture. It was centered around Tsuwano Castle and was ruled by the tozama daimyō Kamei clan for most of its history. A number of influential persons in the early Meiji government came from Tsuwano, including Mori Ōgai and Nishi Amane.[1][2][3]
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map of Shimane Prefecture TsuwanoDomain (Japan) Show map of Japan TsuwanoDomain (津和野藩, Tsuwano-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate...
Tsuwano Castle (津和野城, Tsuwano-jō) was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, in the San'in region of far western...
appropriate to the changes, and appointed the TsuwanoDomain lord and Department of The TsuwanoDomain and deputy governor of the Department of Divinities...
Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who served as lord of the TsuwanoDomain. Originally called Ukita Akiie (宇喜多 詮家) he first served his uncle Ukita...
Japanese battleship Iwami Tatamigaura Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Hamada DomainTsuwanoDomain Seiyōdō Tomiharu (1733–1810), founder of the Iwami school of carving...
was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period. He was the head of the TsuwanoDomain. Masanori was the son of Kamei Korenori. Masanori's early service began...
before he could make much impact on the domain. His wife was a daughter of Kamei Norikata of TsuwanoDomain, but he died without heir. Manabe Akikatsu...
1681) was a Japanese daimyō of the early Edo period, who ruled the TsuwanoDomain. He assisted in the construction of a part of Kōdaiji Temple in Kyoto...
introduce Western philosophy. Nishi was born in the TsuwanoDomain of Iwami Province (present day Tsuwano town, Shimane Prefecture) as the son of a samurai...
the Kamei clan was transferred to TsuwanoDomain and Shikano Castle was turned over to the Ikeda clan of Tottori Domain. The hilltop fortifications were...
Korenori's descendants were eventually made daimyō (lords) of the TsuwanoDomain, which they ruled until the Meiji Restoration (1868). Papinot, Jacques...
Naomori, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals, who established his seat at Tsuwano. In 1616, Sakazaka was either killed or committed seppuku over the "Senhime...
by a minor fortification erected by the Yoshimi clan, who were based at Tsuwano Castle in Iwami Province. The Yoshimi were retainers of the Ōuchi clan...
the fifth month of 1871 into four main ranks, "Metropolitan", "Clan" or "Domain", "Prefectural", and "District" shrines. By far the largest number of shrines...
for three urban prefectures,(i.e. Kyōto-fu, Ōsaka-fu and Tōkyō-fu), 266 domains, 40 prefectures and one commission (i.e. Kaitaku-shi only in Hokkaidō)...
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