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*''Territory: based around [[Shimonoseki]]''
*''Lords: [[Mori clan|Môri clan]]''
*''[[Kokudaka]]: 50,000''
*''Japanese'': 長府藩 ''(Choufu han)''
Chôfu han was a branch domain of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]]. Ruled by a branch of the [[Mori clan|Môri clan]], the domain was based in the city of [[Shimonoseki]], and had a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 50,000 ''[[koku]]''. The lords of Chôfu were "castle-holder" (''shiro-nushi'' or ''shiro-mochi'') ''daimyô'', and were assigned to the Yanagi-no-ma in [[Edo castle]].
The [[Meiji period]] ''[[Nihonga]]'' pioneer [[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]] is among the notable figures originally from Chôfu; he was born and raised the son of [[Kano Seiko|Kanô Seikô]], a court painter in the official service of the lords of Chôfu.<ref>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%8B%A9%E9%87%8E%E8%8A%B3%E5%B4%96 Kanô Hôgai]," ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典, Asahi Shimbunsha.</ref>
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==References==
*Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', Kodansha gendai shinsho (1998), 187.
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