Most ''[[han]]'' maintained [[daimyo yashiki|mansions]] in [[Kyoto]] during the [[Edo period]], as well as in [[Edo]]. For those domains located in western Japan, such as [[Satsuma han]], the Kyoto mansion offered a place for the ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' and his men to stop, stay, and resupply during their [[sankin kotai|journeys to and from Edo]]; the mansion also served as an outpost for the domain's political and commercial activities in the [[Kamigata]] (Kyoto-[[Osaka]]) region. | Most ''[[han]]'' maintained [[daimyo yashiki|mansions]] in [[Kyoto]] during the [[Edo period]], as well as in [[Edo]]. For those domains located in western Japan, such as [[Satsuma han]], the Kyoto mansion offered a place for the ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' and his men to stop, stay, and resupply during their [[sankin kotai|journeys to and from Edo]]; the mansion also served as an outpost for the domain's political and commercial activities in the [[Kamigata]] (Kyoto-[[Osaka]]) region. |