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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.
Beginning in [[1688]], Satsuma was permitted by the shogunate the privilege of selling its Chinese goods (obtained through Satsuma's relationship with the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]) through an officially authorized wholesaler in Kyoto. It is unclear where in the city this wholesaler was based (most likely in [[Nishijin]]), but the Satsuma officials at the Kyoto mansion would have been closely involved in the logistical and financial concerns related to the operation. This spurred the domain to begin more strongly enforcing Tokugawa anti-smuggling laws within its territory, whereas previously Satsuma flaunted the [[maritime restrictions]] policies to a certain extent, allowing or even encouraging Chinese merchants to trade at various ports along the Satsuma coast, rather than redirecting them to [[Nagasaki]] as shogunate policy dictated.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 54.</ref>
Satsuma's mansion, for the majority of the Edo period, was located near the intersection of Nishiki-kôji and Higashi-no-Tôin streets[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x6001089a5e7565a5:0x3b1ee1d930fe5b2c&q=%E5%85%83%E6%B3%95%E7%84%B6%E5%AF%BA%E7%94%BA&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=bLInT4jREYy-zQX206CuCQ&sig2=2ca0jURc41xXrr8TTu-AqQ]. However, as that space was deemed too small, a new mansion was built in [[1862]], near Karasuma-Imadegawa, just north of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]].[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=15386995258482927176&q=%E5%90%8C%E5%BF%97%E7%A4%BE%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6&hl=en&ved=0CBQQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=5bInT7T4N4GKywWE9tVU&sig2=fhnPA6ZKhWiVqky2lHCGSg] The new mansion covered 5,805 ''[[tsubo]]'', or approx. 19,000 square meters. The complex consisted of nine major wooden buildings and numerous earthen storehouses, and became, for the remaining few years of the [[Bakumatsu period]], a major center for [[tobaku|anti-shogunate]] activity.
Satsuma's mansion, for the majority of the Edo period, was located near the intersection of Nishiki-kôji and Higashi-no-Tôin streets[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0x6001089a5e7565a5:0x3b1ee1d930fe5b2c&q=%E5%85%83%E6%B3%95%E7%84%B6%E5%AF%BA%E7%94%BA&hl=en&ved=0CA0Q-gswAA&sa=X&ei=bLInT4jREYy-zQX206CuCQ&sig2=2ca0jURc41xXrr8TTu-AqQ]. However, as that space was deemed too small, a new mansion was built in [[1862]], near Karasuma-Imadegawa, just north of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]].[http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=15386995258482927176&q=%E5%90%8C%E5%BF%97%E7%A4%BE%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6&hl=en&ved=0CBQQ-gswAA&sa=X&ei=5bInT7T4N4GKywWE9tVU&sig2=fhnPA6ZKhWiVqky2lHCGSg] The new mansion covered 5,805 ''[[tsubo]]'', or approx. 19,000 square meters. The complex consisted of nine major wooden buildings and numerous earthen storehouses, and became, for the remaining few years of the [[Bakumatsu period]], a major center for [[tobaku|anti-shogunate]] activity.
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