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*''[[Kokudaka]]: 100,000 (before [[1808]]), 200,000 (after)''

*''[[Kokudaka]]: 100,000 (before [[1808]]), 200,000 (after)''

Morioka ''han'' was one of roughly ten smaller ''[[han]]'' located in [[Mutsu province]] in the [[Edo period]] alongside the larger, more prominent [[Sendai han]]. It was ruled from [[Morioka castle]] by the ''tozama daimyô'' of the [[Nanbu clan]].

Morioka ''han'' was one of roughly ten smaller ''[[han]]'' located in [[Mutsu province]] in the [[Edo period]] alongside the larger, more prominent [[Sendai han]]. It was ruled from [[Morioka castle]] by the ''tozama daimyô'' of the [[Nanbu clan]]. The domain's ''[[daimyo yashiki|kami-yashiki]]'' (upper mansion) in [[Edo]] was located near [[Saiwai-bashi]], neighboring the [[Satsuma Edo mansion|Sakurada mansion]] of [[Satsuma han]].<ref>''Nihon kinsei seikatsu ehiki: Ryûkyûjin gyôretsu to Edo hen'' 日本近世生活絵引：琉球人行列と江戸編、Research Center for Nonwritten Cultural Materials, Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture, Kanagawa University 神奈川大学日本常民文化研究所非文字資料研究センター (2020), 121.</ref>

The first lord of Morioka was [[Nanbu Toshinao]], who supported the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and in the [[Osaka Winter Campaign]]. He had also led campaigns back home to suppress ''[[ikki]]'' uprisings, thus securing the territory for the Nanbu; in recognition of his loyal service, he was confirmed in these lands by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], with a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 100,000 ''[[koku]]''. When his son, [[Nanbu Shigenao]], died without having chosen an heir, however, the shogunate divided the territory, reducing Morioka to 80,000 ''koku'' and creating [[Hachinohe han]] with 20,000 ''koku''.

The first lord of Morioka was [[Nanbu Toshinao]], who supported the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] in the [[Sekigahara Campaign]] and in the [[Osaka Winter Campaign]]. He had also led campaigns back home to suppress ''[[ikki]]'' uprisings, thus securing the territory for the Nanbu; in recognition of his loyal service, he was confirmed in these lands by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], with a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 100,000 ''[[koku]]''. When his son, [[Nanbu Shigenao]], died without having chosen an heir, however, the shogunate divided the territory, reducing Morioka to 80,000 ''koku'' and creating [[Hachinohe han]] with 20,000 ''koku''.