Takada Domain
Takada domain (高田藩, Takada han), also known as Takata domain, was an Edo period fiefdom in Echigo province. The region is located south of modern Niigata, which is the capital city of today's Niigata Prefecture.[1]
The fudai Sakakibara clan were installed in this 150,000 koku domain in 1741; and the clan's role continued uninterrupted up through the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The head of the Sakakibara was enobled with the title of Viscount in the kazoku system of peerage.[2]
Notes
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Takada" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 931., p. 931, at Google Books
- ^ Papinot, Jacques. (2003) Nobiliare du Japon -- Sakakibara, p. 55; Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon.
References
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
- Papinot, Edmond.. (1910). Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 5435325
- Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon. Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. OCLC 604321634
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