Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Choshu domain

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Choshu domain

長州藩毛利藩
alternative words: Choshuhan, Choshu-han, Choshu han, Choshu, Mouri domain, Mouri han, Mouri
keywords: meiji revolution , state
related topics: Muromachi period , Sengoku period , Mouri Motonari , Battle of Sekigahara , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Meiji revolution , Jito , Omura Masujiro
related web sites: http://www21.big.or.jp/~kirin/
explanation: Nominated as a "Jito" in Hiroshima prefecture during Muromachi period, Mouri family extended their domain to the whole Chugoku region during Sengoku period under the guidance of Motonari. During the battle of Sekigahara, they kept a neutrality but Tokugawa Ieyasu punished them severely and their domain shrank only to one fifth of before the battle, i.e. actual Yamaguchi prefecture. For that reason, they became the most determined enemy of Edo shogunate during Meiji revolution.