page_title: Satsuma Domain
hierarchical_section_title: Satsuma Domain
context_page_description: The Satsuma Domain, officially known as the Kagoshima Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871.
  The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, located in the south of the island of Kyushu. The Satsuma Domain was ruled for its existence by the tozama daimyō of the Shimazu clan, who had ruled the Kagoshima area since the 1200s, and covered territory in the provinces of Satsuma, Ōsumi, and Hyūga. The Satsuma Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka system and its value peaked at 770,000 koku, the second highest domain in Japan after the Kaga Domain.
  The Satsuma Domain was one of the most powerful and prominent of Japan's domains during the Edo period, conquering the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal state after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1608, and conflicting with the British at the Bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863 after the Namamugi Incident. The Satsuma Domain formed the Satchō Alliance with the rival Chōshū Domain during the Meiji Restoration and became instrumental in the establishment of the Empire of Japan.
context_section_description: The Satsuma Domain (薩摩藩, Satsuma-han), officially known as the Kagoshima Domain (鹿児島藩, Kagoshima-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871. 
  The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, located in the south of the island of Kyushu. The Satsuma Domain was ruled for its existence by the tozama daimyō of the Shimazu clan, who had ruled the Kagoshima area since the 1200s, and covered territory in the provinces of Satsuma, Ōsumi, and Hyūga. The Satsuma Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka system and its value peaked at 770,000 koku, the second highest domain in Japan after the Kaga Domain. 
  The Satsuma Domain was one of the most powerful and prominent of Japan's domains during the Edo period, conquering the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal state after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1608, and conflicting with the British at the Bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863 after the Namamugi Incident. The Satsuma Domain formed the Satchō Alliance with the rival Chōshū Domain during the Meiji Restoration and became instrumental in the establishment of the Empire of Japan. The Satsuma Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 by the Meiji government and its territory was absorbed into Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture.
caption: Map of Japan, 1789—the Han system affected cartography
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