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Tsushima han, based on [[Tsushima Island]] (today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]]), was the domain of the [[So clan|Sô clan]], and managed relations with [[Joseon Dynasty]] [[Korea]]. The territory of the domain also included small areas known as ''[[tobichi]]'' on the mainland of the island of [[Kyushu]], in [[Hizen province|Hizen]] and [[Chikuzen province]]s. As one of only ten ''daimyô'' clans to rule an entire province (albeit a rather small one), the Sô enjoyed the privilege of ''[[kunimochi|hon-kunimochi]]'' ("true country holder") status.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'', Stanford University Press (1999), 19.</ref> As a result, and due to considerations related to its status vis-a-vis Korea, the domain was ranked at 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', though its actual agricultural production was equivalent to less than 10,000.<ref>Hellyer gives 20,000. Hellyer, 40.</ref> Roughly six to seven thousand ''koku'' of that was in barley cultivation, rather than rice.<ref name=hellyer140>Hellyer, 140.</ref> The enhanced ''[[kokudaka]]'' ranking is usually said to either be a reflection of the importance of the Korea trade and the measure of the economic benefit from it, or a result of the necessity for the Sô clan to possess a higher rank and title in order to represent Japan honorably and effectively in interactions with Korea.<ref>[[Ronald Toby|Toby, Ronald]]. "Rescuing the Nation from History: The State of the State in Early Modern Japan." ''[[Monumenta Nipponica]]'' 56:2 (2001). p206. </ref> Outside of the Korea trade, and a small local wax industry, Tsushima could claim no special local products unique enough, or produced in large enough volume, to compete in the [[Osaka]] and [[Edo]] markets, unlike many other prominent domains.<ref name=hellyer140/>

Tsushima han, based on [[Tsushima Island]] (today part of [[Nagasaki prefecture]]), was the domain of the [[So clan|Sô clan]], and managed relations with [[Joseon Dynasty]] [[Korea]]. The territory of the domain also included small areas known as ''[[tobichi]]'' on the mainland of the island of [[Kyushu]], in [[Hizen province|Hizen]] and [[Chikuzen province]]s. As one of only ten ''daimyô'' clans to rule an entire province (albeit a rather small one), the Sô enjoyed the privilege of ''[[kunimochi|hon-kunimochi]]'' ("true country holder") status.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'', Stanford University Press (1999), 19.</ref> As a result, and due to considerations related to its status vis-a-vis Korea, the domain was ranked at 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', though its actual agricultural production was equivalent to less than 10,000.<ref>Hellyer gives 20,000. Hellyer, 40.</ref> Roughly six to seven thousand ''koku'' of that was in barley cultivation, rather than rice.<ref name=hellyer140>Hellyer, 140.</ref> The enhanced ''[[kokudaka]]'' ranking is usually said to either be a reflection of the importance of the Korea trade and the measure of the economic benefit from it, or a result of the necessity for the Sô clan to possess a higher rank and title in order to represent Japan honorably and effectively in interactions with Korea.<ref>[[Ronald Toby|Toby, Ronald]]. "Rescuing the Nation from History: The State of the State in Early Modern Japan." ''[[Monumenta Nipponica]]'' 56:2 (2001). p206. </ref> Outside of the Korea trade, and a small local wax industry, Tsushima could claim no special local products unique enough, or produced in large enough volume, to compete in the [[Osaka]] and [[Edo]] markets, unlike many other prominent domains.<ref name=hellyer140/>

At the peak of the Korea trade, the population of the domain was around 32,000, with half the population living in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Fuchu (Tsushima)|Fuchû]].<ref>Not to be confused with [[Fuchu|Fuchû]] in [[Kai province]], or [[Fuchu castle|Fuchû castle]] in [[Echizen province]]; Tashiro Kazui. "Foreign Relations during the Edo Period: Sakoku Reexamined." ''Journal of Japanese Studies'' 8:2 (1982). p298.</ref> Of these 32,000, roughly half lived off of grain produced on the island, while rice grown on Sô lands on the mainland of Kyushu fed another 7,000; the remaining 7,000 or so people relied upon rice given the Sô as gifts from the Korean court - typically around 8,300 ''koku'' a year from the mid-17th century onwards.<ref>Hellyer, 40.</ref>

At the peak of the Korea trade, the population of the domain was around 32,000, with half the population living in the [[jokamachi|castle town]] of Fuchû.<ref>Tashiro Kazui. "Foreign Relations during the Edo Period: Sakoku Reexamined." ''Journal of Japanese Studies'' 8:2 (1982). p298.</ref> Of these 32,000, roughly half lived off of grain produced on the island, while rice grown on Sô lands on the mainland of Kyushu fed another 7,000; the remaining 7,000 or so people relied upon rice given the Sô as gifts from the Korean court - typically around 8,300 ''koku'' a year from the mid-17th century onwards.<ref>Hellyer, 40.</ref>

==Eighteenth Century==

==Eighteenth Century==