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The Matsumae clan managed trade and relations with the [[Ainu]], as the [[So clan|Sô]] did with Korea, and as the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] did with [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. Based at [[Matsumae castle]], they ruled [[Matsumae han]], the only ''[[han]]'' (domain) on the island of [[Ezo]] (now called Hokkaidô), and were thus sometimese referred to as ''Ezo Dai-Ô'' (蝦夷大王, Great Kings of Ezo).<ref>Morris-Suzuki. p5.</ref>

The Matsumae clan managed trade and relations with the [[Ainu]], as the [[So clan|Sô]] did with Korea, and as the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] did with [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. Based at [[Matsumae castle]], they ruled [[Matsumae han]], the only ''[[han]]'' (domain) on the island of [[Ezo]] (now called Hokkaidô), and were thus sometimese referred to as ''Ezo Dai-Ô'' (蝦夷大王, Great Kings of Ezo).<ref>Morris-Suzuki. p5.</ref>

[[David Howell]] describes the Matsumae as the only ''daimyô'' clan to not hold land in fief from the shogunate, their position being derived solely from their importance in managing relations and trade with the Ainu<ref>Howell. p85.</ref>.

[[David Howell]] describes the Matsumae as the only ''daimyô'' clan to not hold land in fief from the shogunate, their position of prominence being derived solely from their importance in managing relations and trade with the Ainu<ref>Howell. p85.</ref>.

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