Aizu Domain

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Aizu Domain was a powerful feudal domain in Japan’s Edo period, renowned for its samurai culture, loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate, and pivotal role in the late-19th-century conflicts that led to the Meiji Restoration.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aizu Domain canonical 5
Aizu domain 5
Aizu-han 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Edo-period domain ⓘ
feudal domain ⓘ
han ⓘ
abolished 1871 ⓘ
alliedWith Shinsengumi ⓘ
alternativeName Aizu-han ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain

Wakamatsu Domain ⓘ
alternativeNameOfCastle Tsuruga Castle is also called Wakamatsu Castle ⓘ
battle Battle of Aizu ⓘ
capital Wakamatsu Castle ⓘ
conflict Boshin War ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culturalLegacy Aizu samurai code of loyalty and endurance ⓘ
Byakkotai legend ⓘ
linked to: Byakkotai
daimyoClan Aizu-Matsudaira clan ⓘ
linked to: Matsudaira clan
education Aizu domain school Nisshinkan ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Sazae-dō
era Edo period ⓘ
founder Gamō Ujisato ⓘ
governanceSystem bakuhan system ⓘ
knownFor Byakkotai youth corps ⓘ
loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
role in the Boshin War ⓘ
samurai culture ⓘ
strict martial education at Nisshinkan ⓘ
kokudaka 240000 koku ⓘ
laterRulingClan Matsudaira clan of Aizu ⓘ
linked to: Matsudaira clan
laterStatus fudai-like trusted domain ⓘ
locatedIn Aizu region ⓘ
Mutsu Province ⓘ
militaryRole guardian of the northern approaches to Edo ⓘ
responsible for security in Kyoto in the 1860s ⓘ
notableDaimyo Hoshina Masayuki ⓘ
Matsudaira Katamori ⓘ
Matsudaira Katanobu ⓘ
Matsudaira Katataka ⓘ
linked to: Matsudaira Katanobu
notableEvent siege of Tsuruga Castle in 1868 ⓘ
notableGroup Aizu samurai retainers ⓘ
Byakkotai ⓘ
opposedBy Chōshū Domain ⓘ
Imperial forces during the Boshin War ⓘ
Satsuma Domain ⓘ
linked to: Kagoshima Domain
politicalAllegiance Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
primaryCastle Tsuruga Castle ⓘ
regionToday Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ
religiousInstitution Aizu Sazae-dō ⓘ
roleInMeijiRestoration center of pro-Tokugawa resistance in northern Japan ⓘ
status tozama domain ⓘ
successorEntity Fukushima Prefecture ⓘ
Wakamatsu Prefecture ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boshin War → belligerent → Aizu Domain ⓘ
Ōyama Sutematsu → birthPlace → Aizu Domain ⓘ
Battle of Aizu → belligerent → Aizu domain ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain
Aizu Domain → alternativeName → Aizu-han ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain
Aizu-Wakamatsu → wasRuledBy → Aizu domain ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain
Aizu region → historicalAffiliation → Aizu Domain ⓘ
Aizuwakamatsu Castle → governingClan → Aizu Domain ⓘ
Aizu cotton → associatedWith → Aizu domain ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain
Samurai Rebellion → filmLocationSetting → Aizu domain ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain
Uesugi Kagekatsu → domain → Aizu domain ⓘ
linked to: Aizu Domain