Han system

Han (Japanese: , "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).[1] Han or Bakufu-han (daimyo domain)[2] served as a system of de facto administrative divisions of Japan alongside the de jure provinces until they were abolished in the 1870s.

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Han" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 283.
  2. ^ Hunter, Janet (2014). The Emergence of Modern Japan: An Introductory History Since 1853. Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-87085-2.

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