Hasunoike Domain

Hasunoike Domain (蓮池藩, "-han") was a "han", or feudal domain, in Edo period Japan, a sub-domain of Saga Domain on the island of Kyūshū.

The origin of the domain is not known for sure, but is generally said to have taken place when the first "daimyō" (feudal lord) of Saga, Nabeshima Katsushige, gave a portion of his territory, worth 52,000 "koku", to his third son Nabeshima Naozumi.

Though the domain was originally governed from within the "san-no-maru" (third bailey) of Saga Castle, it soon came to be governed from a separate structure, in the Hasunoike district of Saga city. Hasunoike bore the same "sankin kōtai" responsibilities as Ogi Domain, another sub-domain of Saga.

When the domains were abolished in 1871, Hasunoike originally became "Hasunoike Prefecture". Over the next several years, the prefectures of Japan were reorganized a number of times, and the territory was a part of Imari, Nagasaki, and Mizuma Prefectures before finally becoming part of today's Saga Prefecture as stable borders were finally established. The Nabeshima clan which governed Hasunoike became "viscounts" ("shishaku") under the new "kazoku" peerage system established in 1884.

Lords of Hasunoike

#Nabeshima Naozumi
#Nabeshima Naoyuki
#Nabeshima Naonori
#Nabeshima Naotsune
#Nabeshima Naooki
#Nabeshima Naohiro
#Nabeshima Naoharu
#Nabeshima Naotomo
#Nabeshima Naotada

References

*"The content of this article was derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia."