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*''Territory: parts of [[Buzen province]]''
*''Castle: [[Kokura castle]]''
*''Lords: [[Ogasawara clan]]''
*''Kokudaka: 370,000 koku''
*''Japanese'': 小倉藩 ''(Kokura han)''
Kokura han was an [[Edo period]] [[han|domain]] in [[Buzen province]]. Ruled by the [[Ogasawara clan]] from [[Kokura castle]], it was assessed at a ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 370,000 ''[[koku]]''. The domain was one of five in Kyushu which was obliged by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to contribute to coastal defense, and also regularly provided ''kawa-[[gozabune]]'' (luxury riverboats) to the [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], for use on the [[Yodo River]] connecting [[Osaka]] and [[Fushimi]].
Though originally ruled by the [[Hosokawa clan]], Kokura was given to the Ogasawara in [[1632]] as part of efforts by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] to place more ''fudai [[daimyo|daimyô]]'' in Kyushu, and to thus defend against potential uprising by Kyushu ''daimyô'' like the [[Shimazu clan]].
==Partial List of Lords of Kokura==
*[[Hosokawa Tadaoki]] ([[1603]]-?)
*[[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]] (?-[[1632]])
*[[Ogasawara Tadazane]] (1632-?)
*[[Ogasawara Tadataka]] (lord c. [[1710]])<ref name=miyake>Miyake Hidetoshi 三宅英利, "Ryukyu shisetsu to Kokura han," ''Kitakyûshû daigaku bungakubu kiyô'' B series, vol. 21 (1989), 5.</ref>
*[[Ogasawara Tadafusa]] (lord c. [[1752]])<ref name=miyake/>
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*[[Ogasawara Tadakata]] (lord c. [[1811]])
==References==
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[[Category:Han]]