Tsushima-Fuchū Domain

Tsushima Fuchū Domain (対馬府中藩, Tsushima Fuchū han), also called the Tsushima Domain, was a domain of Japan in the Edo period. It is associated with Tsushima Province on Tsushima Island in modern-day Nagasaki Prefecture.

Tsushima-Fuchū Domain
(1588–1869)
対馬府中藩

Izuhara Domain
(1869–1871)
厳原藩
Domain of Japan
1588–1871
Mon of the

Location of Tsushima island
CapitalKaneishi Castle (1588–1687)
Sajikihara Castle (1687–1871)
Government
  TypeDaimyō
Daimyō 
 1588-1615
Sō Yoshitoshi (first)
 1862-1871
Sō Yoshiakira (last)
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1588
1871
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Tsushima Province
Izuhara Prefecture
Today part ofNagasaki Prefecture
Saga Prefecture

In the han system, Tsushima 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. This was different from the feudalism of the West.

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