Fukui Domain
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The Fukui Domain, also known as the Echizen Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871.
Moat at the former site of Fukui Castle in Fukui
Scale model of Fukui Castle
Echizen Province
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Echizen Province was a province of Japan in the area that is today the northern portion of Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Echizen bordered on Kaga, Wakasa, Hida, and Ōmi Provinces.
Fukui Domain
…Echizen-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871. The Fukui Domain was based at Fukui Castle in Echizen Province, the core of the modern city of Fukui, located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu. The Fukui Domain was founded by Yūki Hideyasu, the son of…
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Echizen" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Tsuruga Bay