Okada Domain
Administrative division in western Japan during the Edo period (1617-1871) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Okada Domain (岡田藩, Okada-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now western Okayama Prefecture. It controlled a small portion of central Bitchū Province and was centered around Okada jin'ya in what is now the Mabi neighborhood of the city of Kurashiki, Okayama. It was ruled throughout its history by a branch of the Itō clan. The location of the jin'ya changed several times, and the domain as also known as Kawabe Domain (川辺藩) after one of these locations where it was sited in the Genroku period (1688-1704). It was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.[1][2][3]
Okada Domain 岡田藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1615–1871 | |
Capital | Okada jin'ya |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 34°38′44.11″N 133°42′18.63″E |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1615 |
1871 | |
Contained within | |
• Province | Bitchū Province |
Today part of | Okayama Prefecture |