Niwase han

Japanese: 庭瀬藩 (Niwase han)
Territory: a series of villages along the San'yôdô in Bitchû province
Base: Niwase jin'ya
Lords: Itakura clan

Niwase han was a small domain within Bitchû province, based at a jin'ya erected within the ruins of the ni-no-maru of Niwase castle, in what is today Okayama City. For the majority of the Edo period, its lords were of the Itakura clan.

The domain's territory included a series of villages along the San'yôdô, running from Odahorikoshi village in the east, to Higashi-Minari village in the west.

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References

Gyôretsu to misemono, Asahi Shimbunsha (1993), 16.