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Bridge at Fukui Castle

The Fukui Domain (福井藩, Fukui han) was a feudal domain in Echizen Province of Japan (present-day Fukui Prefecture) during the Edo period. It is also sometimes called Echizen Domain (越前). The family name of the heads of the domain is "Matsudaira".

List of heads

  1. Hideyasu
  2. Tadanao
  3. Tadamasa (name changed to Fukui during Tadamasa's tenure)
  4. Mitsumichi
  5. Masachika
  6. Tsunamasa
  7. Yoshinori (was Masachika, changed his name upon re-assuming headship)
  8. Yoshikuni
  9. Munemasa
  10. Munenori
  11. Shigemasa
  12. Shigetomi
  13. Haruyoshi
  14. Naritsugu
  15. Narisawa
  16. Yoshinaga (r. 1838-1858)
  17. Mochiaki (r. 1858-1871)

References

  • Japanese Wikipedia
  • Black, John R. Young Japan.
  • Kimura Motoi. Hanshi Daijiten.
  • Sasaki Suguru. Boshin sensō.