Tokushima han
- Territory: Awa province + Awaji Island
- Castle: Tokushima castle
- Lords: Hachisuka clan
- Kokudaka: 258,000
- Japanese: 徳島藩 (Tokushima han)
Tokushima was a 258,000 koku tozama domain located on Shikoku. The domain, based at Tokushima castle and ruled by the Hachisuka clan, controlled most of Awa province, along with Awaji Island. The domain has been characterized as possessing a highly commercialized economy, specializing in particular in the production & export of indigo, and a relatively small samurai population compared to many other domains.[1]
Hachisuka Yoshishige was the first Edo period lord of Tokushima, being granted the domain by Tokugawa Ieyasu following his loyal service at the Battle of Sekigahara. He was later given Awaji Island as part of his domain.
During the reign of the third lord of Tokushima, Hachisuka Tadateru, misconduct on the part of one of the karô led to a succession dispute known as the Amabe Dispute; another incident known as the Inada Dispute occurred in the Bakumatsu period, throwing the governance of the domain into chaos.
References
- Mark Ravina, Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan, Stanford University Press, 1999.
- ↑ Ravina, 9.
