Chōshū Domain
The Chōshū Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Yamaguchi Prefecture.They led the fight against the armies of the former shōgun, which included the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, Aizu, and the Ezo Republic, during the Boshin War.Thanks to this alliance, Chōshū and Satsuma natives enjoyed political and societal prominence well into the Meiji and even Taishō eras.In order to bring the domain's finances out of debt, strict policies were enforced on the retainers: Previously, as a result of high taxation, farmers secretly developed farms far inside the mountains as a private food source.Laws were also passed through which the profitable trade of the "four whites" was controlled by the domain: paper, rice, salt, and wax.
DomainHagi CastleDaimyōMōri TerumotoEdo periodAbolition of the han systemProvinceNagatoYamaguchi PrefectureTokugawa ShogunateNagato ProvinceChūgoku regionHonshutozamaChōfuKiyosueKokudakaSatchō AllianceSatsuma DomainMeiji RestorationEmpire of JapanMeiji oligarchyMeiji governmentSengokuMōri MotonariToyotomi HideyoshiTokugawa IeyasuIshida MitsunariBattle of SekigaharaKikkawa HiroieKobayakawa HideakiMōri clancourt noblesGlover and Co.Jardine MathesonNagasakiŌuetsu Reppan DōmeiEzo RepublicBoshin WarImperial Japanese ArmyTaishōKiheitaishogunateSecond Chōshū expeditionIwakuni hanChōfū hanMōri HidemotoTokuyama hanKiyosue hanMōri HidenariMōri TakachikaMotokiyoMurata SeifūTempō reformsKido TakayoshiThree Great Nobles of the RestorationKijima MatabeiKinmon IncidentKunishi ShinanoseppukuTakasugi ShinsakuYoshida ShōinChōshū FiveEndō KinsukeInoue MontaInoue KaoruItō ShunsukeItō HirobumiNomura YakichiInoue MasaruYamao YōzōAndersonian InstituteAoki ShūzōForeign MinisterKatsura TarōShinagawa YajirōHome MinisterSone ArasukeResident-General of KoreaTerauchi MasatakeTanaka GiichiYamagata AritomoYamagata IsaburōArisaka NariakiraArisakaHasegawa Yoshimichifield marshalGovernor General of KoreaKodama GentarōMiura GorōNogi MaresukeRusso-Japanese WarOka IchinosukeŌmura MasujirōŌshima YoshimasaFirst Sino-Japanese WarSakuma SamataGovernor-General of TaiwanImperial Japanese NavyArichi ShinanojōImperial Japanese Navy General StaffNashiba TokiokiTsuboi KōzōShinzo AbeNobusuke KishiEisaku SatōSatō-Kishi-AbeAikawa YoshisukeInoue KoichisenryūUniversity of TokyoNational Museum of Japanese HistoryMatsuoka YōsukeTripartite PactFirst Chōshū expeditionList of HanDomainsChūgokuTottoriShikanoWakasaMatsueHiroseTsuwanoOkayamaTsuyama