Fukuoka Domain
Fukuoka Domain (福岡藩, Fukuoka han) was a domain in Japan during the Edo period. It was located in Chikuzen Province, which is now part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu Island. The domain was sometimes referred to as Chikuzen Domain or Kuroda Domain, named after the ruling Kuroda family.
| Fukuoka Domain 福岡藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1600–1871 | |
Walls of Fukuoka Castle | |
Mon of the Kuroda clan
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Shimonohashi Gomon of Fukuoka Castle | |
| Capital | Fukuoka Castle |
| Government | |
| • Type | Daimyō |
| Daimyō | |
• 1600-1623 | Kuroda Nagamasa (first) |
• 1869-1871 | Kuroda Nagatomo (last) |
| Historical era | Edo period Meiji period |
• Established | 1600 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
| Today part of | Fukuoka Prefecture |
Unlike the feudalism system in the West, the han system in Fukuoka was a political and economic concept based on regular cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. The domain's definition was determined by its kokudaka, a measure of its income, rather than its land area.
With a kokudaka rating of 473,000 koku, the Fukuoka Domain was the fifth-largest domain in Japan, excluding those held by the Tokugawa-Matsudaira clans.
In the han system, Fukuoka was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area.