Chōshū Domain
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The Chōshū Domain, also known as the Hagi Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.
Former site of Hagi Castle in Hagi
The Chōshū Kiheitai fought against the shogunate in the Second Chōshū expedition and the Boshin War.
Mōri Takachika
Hagi Castle, the seat of the Mōri Lords of Chōshū
Satsuma Domain
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The Satsuma Domain, briefly known as the Kagoshima Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.
Chōshū Domain
…system with peak value of 369,000 koku. The Chōshū Domain was the most prominent anti-Tokugawa domain and it formed the Satchō Alliance with the rival Satsuma Domain during the Meiji Restoration, becoming instrumental in the establishment of the Empire of Japan and the Meiji oligarchy. The Chōshū Domain was dissolved…
Former site of Kagoshima Castle in Kagoshima
A 150-pound Satsuma cannon, cast in 1849. It was mounted on Fort Tenpozan at Kagoshima. Caliber: 290 mm, length: 4220 mm
A daguerreotype of Shimazu Nariakira
Saigō Takamori, the last great warrior of the Satsuma, was one of the zealous supporters of the imperial restoration, but ended up leading the rebellion against the imperial government in 1877 that culminated in the destruction of the Satsuma clan and the end of the vestiges of feudal Japan's daimyos.