Fukui Domain
The Fukui Domain (福井藩, Fukui-han), also known as the Echizen Domain (越前藩, Echizen-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871.
| Fukui Domain 福井藩 Fukui-han | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1600–1870 | |
Moat at the former site of Fukui Castle in Fukui | |
Mon of the Matsudaira
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| Capital | Fukui Castle |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 36°03′56″N 136°13′15″E |
| Government | |
| Daimyō | |
• 1601-1607 | Yūki Hideyasu (first) |
• 1858-1871 | Matsudaira Mochiaki (last) |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1600 |
| 1870 | |
| Contained within | |
| • Province | Echizen |
| Today part of | Fukui Prefecture |
The Fukui Domain was based at Fukui Castle in Echizen Province, the core of the modern city of Fukui, located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu. The Fukui Domain was founded by Yūki Hideyasu, the son of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was ruled for all of its existence by the shinpan daimyō of the Matsudaira clan. The Fukui Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka system and its value peaked at 680,000 koku. The Fukui Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 after the Meiji Restoration and its territory was absorbed into Fukui Prefecture.