Matsue Domain
In the han system, Matsue was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of "kokudaka", not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West. History. The domain was controlled from what is now Matsue Castle in Matsue, Shimane. List of "daimyōs". The hereditary "daimyō" were head of the clan and head of the domain.