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*''Japanese'': 藩 ''(han)''
The feudal domains ruled by ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' in the [[Edo period]] are today most commonly referred to as ''han''. The ''han'' were largely autonomous in terms of their internal affairs, but were subject to numerous strictures imposed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], as well as taxation and ritual obligations.
==Terminology==
The term ''han'' was only first applied to these domains in the [[Meiji period]], as they were being [[abolition of the han|abolished]] (廃藩置県, ''haihan chiken''), and as "modern" historians began to write "modern" histories of Japan. During the Edo period, the term ''han'' was not used, and domains were instead referred to by a number of terms including ''[[kuni]]'' (国, "country", "state"), ''ryô'' or ''ryôbun'' (領・領分, "territory", "portion of territory"), ''shiryô'' (私領, "private territory"), ''ie'' (家, ''house''), ''zaisho'' (在所, "place where one is resident"), ''fu'' or ''seifu'' (府・政府, "government"), and ''kôgi'' (公儀, "government", "public affairs"), among others. The use of these terms was often governed by [[omote and uchi|''omote'' and ''uchi'']] (or "external" and "internal") concerns; a term such as ''kuni'' might be used in internal domain documents to refer to the domain, but when speaking to the shogunate about one's domain, ''kuni'' would be used to refer to Japan as a whole, and another term, such as ''zaisho'', would be used to the ''daimyô's'' humble appointed territory.<ref>Roberts. pp11ff.</ref>
==Governance and Organization==
==References==
*[[Luke Roberts|Roberts, Luke]]. ''Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan''. University of Hawaii Press, 2012.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Han|*]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]
The feudal domains ruled by ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' in the [[Edo period]] are today most commonly referred to as ''han''. The ''han'' were largely autonomous in terms of their internal affairs, but were subject to numerous strictures imposed by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], as well as taxation and ritual obligations.
==Terminology==
The term ''han'' was only first applied to these domains in the [[Meiji period]], as they were being [[abolition of the han|abolished]] (廃藩置県, ''haihan chiken''), and as "modern" historians began to write "modern" histories of Japan. During the Edo period, the term ''han'' was not used, and domains were instead referred to by a number of terms including ''[[kuni]]'' (国, "country", "state"), ''ryô'' or ''ryôbun'' (領・領分, "territory", "portion of territory"), ''shiryô'' (私領, "private territory"), ''ie'' (家, ''house''), ''zaisho'' (在所, "place where one is resident"), ''fu'' or ''seifu'' (府・政府, "government"), and ''kôgi'' (公儀, "government", "public affairs"), among others. The use of these terms was often governed by [[omote and uchi|''omote'' and ''uchi'']] (or "external" and "internal") concerns; a term such as ''kuni'' might be used in internal domain documents to refer to the domain, but when speaking to the shogunate about one's domain, ''kuni'' would be used to refer to Japan as a whole, and another term, such as ''zaisho'', would be used to the ''daimyô's'' humble appointed territory.<ref>Roberts. pp11ff.</ref>
==Governance and Organization==
==References==
*[[Luke Roberts|Roberts, Luke]]. ''Performing the Great Peace: Political Space and Open Secrets in Tokugawa Japan''. University of Hawaii Press, 2012.
<references/>
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Han|*]]
[[Category:Political Institutions]]
