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The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
. It was headquartered what is now the city of Kokura
Kokura

is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding, via its suburb Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, the Kanmon Straits between Honshu and Kyushu....
, in Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
. In the late Edo period, it was also called "Kawara-han" and then "Toyotsu-han".








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Kokura Castle From the Japanese Garden
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period
Edo period

The , or , is a division of History of Japan running from 1603 to 1868. The period marks the governance of the Edo or Tokugawa shogunate, which was officially established in 1603 by the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu....
. It was headquartered what is now the city of Kokura
Kokura

is an ancient castle town and the center of Kitakyushu, Japan, guarding, via its suburb Moji-ku, Kitakyushu, the Kanmon Straits between Honshu and Kyushu....
, in Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
. In the late Edo period, it was also called "Kawara-han" and then "Toyotsu-han".

List of lords


  • Hosokawa clan
    Hosokawa clan

    The was a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa and a branch of the Minamoto clan, by the Ashikaga clan. It produced many prominent officials in the Ashikaga shogunate's administration....
    , 1600-1632 (Tozama
    Tozama

    A was a daimyo who was considered an outsider by the rulers of Japan. The term came into use in the Kamakura period and continued until the end of the Edo period....
    ; 399,000 koku
    Koku

    The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
    )


  1. Tadaoki
    Hosokawa Tadaoki

    was the eldest son of Hosokawa Fujitaka. He fought in his first battle at the age of 15. In that battle, he was in the service of Oda Nobunaga....
  2. Tadatoshi
    Hosokawa Tadatoshi

    was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period, who ruled the Kumamoto Domain. He was a patron of the martial artist Miyamoto Musashi.Tadatoshi's grave is in Kumamoto....


  • Ogasawara clan
    Ogasawara clan

    The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Ogasawara acted as shugo of Shinano province in the medieval period , and as daimyo of territories on Kyushu during the Edo period ....
    , 1632-1871 (Fudai
    Fudai

    was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration....
    ; 150,000 koku
    Koku

    The is a unit of volume in Japan, equal to ten cubic shaku. In this definition, 3.5937 koku equal one cubic metre, i.e. 1 koku is approximately 278.3 litres....
    )


  1. Tadazane
    Ogasawara Tadazane

    Japanese daimyo of the early Edo Period, the son of Ogasawara Hidemasa .Following the deaths of his father and elder brother in the Osaka Summer Campaign, his holdings were transferred from Akashi Domain in Harima Province to the Kokura domain Buzen Province....
  2. Tadataka
  3. Tadamoto
  4. Tadafusa
  5. Tadamitsu
  6. Tadakata
  7. Tadaakira
  8. Tadahiro
  9. Tadatoshi
  10. Tadanobu
    Ogasawara Tadanobu

    Count was a Japanese daimyo of the late Edo period, who ruled the Kokura Domain. During the Edo period, the Ogasawara were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyo clans which were hereditary vassels or allies of the Tokdugawa, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans....