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Kagoshima was the chief [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Satsuma han]], home to [[Kagoshima castle]], and is today the capital of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].

Kagoshima was the chief [[jokamachi|castle town]] of [[Satsuma han]], home to [[Kagoshima castle]], and is today the capital of [[Kagoshima prefecture]].

During the [[Edo period]], the population of the city was around 58,000.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 28.</ref> Samurai comprised a significant proportion of the city's population, perhaps as much as 90% at times, and lived chiefly in three sections of the city: Kamimachi (上町), Shimomachi (下町), and Nishidamachi (西田町). [[Chonin|Commoner townsmen]] also lived in the castle town, but as the domain government exercised strong control over the local economy, a very significant portion of merchants and the like operating in the city were either low-ranking samurai or ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' (merchants in the service of the lord/domain).<ref name="reimei">Gallery labels, Reimeikan Museum of History & Culture, Kagoshima.</ref>

During the [[Edo period]], the population of the city was around 58,000.<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 28.</ref> Samurai comprised a significant proportion of the city's population, perhaps as much as 90% at times, and lived chiefly in three sections of the city: Kamimachi (上町), Shimomachi (下町), and Nishidamachi (西田町). [[Chonin|Commoner townsmen]] also lived in the castle town, but as the domain government exercised strong control over the local economy, a very significant portion of merchants and the like operating in the city were either low-ranking samurai or ''[[goyo shonin|goyô shônin]]'' (merchants in the service of the lord/domain).<ref name="reimei">Gallery labels, Reimeikan Museum of History & Culture, Kagoshima.</ref>