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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 by the [[Nanbu clan]] from [[Morioka castle]].

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 [[Nanbu clan]].

The domain originally possessed a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of roughly 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', but this was doubled in [[1808]] in recognition of the Nanbu clan's contributions to the defense of [[Ezo]] ([[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) against [[Russia]]n encroachment. The new 200,000 ''koku'' level brought with it ''[[kuni-mochi]]'' ("province-holding") status for the Nanbu clan, but it was only an ''omotedaka'' increase, meaning an increase in the official status of the domain, as measured in ''koku'', but not an actual increase in the domain's agricultural production or geographic territory.

The domain originally possessed a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of roughly 100,000 ''[[koku]]'', but this was doubled in [[1808]] in recognition of the Nanbu clan's contributions to the defense of [[Ezo]] ([[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) against [[Russia]]n encroachment. The new 200,000 ''koku'' level brought with it ''[[kuni-mochi]]'' ("province-holding") status for the Nanbu clan, but it was only an ''omotedaka'' increase, meaning an increase in the official status of the domain, as measured in ''koku'', but not an actual increase in the domain's agricultural production or geographic territory.