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

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Chōshū Domain alsoKnownAs Nagato Domain