Morioka Domain (盛岡藩, Morioka-han) was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan. It was ruled throughout its history by the Nanbu clan. It was called...

Morioka (盛岡市, Morioka-shi) is the capital city of Iwate Prefecture located in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. On 1 August 2023, the city had an estimated...

Ietsuna divided the 100,000 koku domain into Morioka Domain (80,000 koku) and Hachinohe Domain (20,000 koku). Hachinohe Domain thus had a somewhat ambiguous...

refer to: Morioka (surname), a Japanese surname Morioka Domain, a former subdivision of Japan Morioka University, a university in Takizawa, Iwate, Japan...

as daimyō of Morioka Domain under the Edo-period Tokugawa shogunate. The domain was in constant conflict with neighboring Hirosaki Domain, whose ruling...

was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over Morioka Domain, Mutsu Province in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan during the Edo...

Nanbu clan was allowed to survive as 2300 koku hatamoto serving the Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. Their revenues were increased to 5000...

Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 15th and final daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 41st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1820) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 10th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 36th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

clan of Morioka Domain and prospered due to its fishing industry and location on the road connecting Morioka Domain with the Hirosaki Domain. During the...

(1664-1871) – Branch of Morioka han Kunohe (unknown dates) – Branch of Morioka Domain, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate Morioka (de facto: 1592-1871/de...

1896) was a Bakumatsu period Japanese samurai, and the 14th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 40th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1752) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 7th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 33rd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

mid-Edo period Japanese individuals who served as the 11th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan and the 37th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...

1707) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 5th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 31st hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

loyalist domains such as Aizu/Wakamatsu or Morioka/Morioka were organized in prefectures (urban -fu and rural -ken) while all other feudal domains (-han)...

an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 3rd daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 29th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

Toshifumi, born April 8, 1970) is the 46th head of the Nanbu clan from Morioka Domain, descendant of Emperor Go-Yōzei, and statutory auditor of the Tohoku...

Toshitomo (南部利義, 12 January 1824 – 21 August 1888) was the 13th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan and the 39th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu clan...

1725) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 6th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 32nd hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

70 years. The area around Shingō was controlled by the Nanbu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. During the post-Meiji Restoration establishment...

1664) was an early Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 2nd daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 28th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

the Nambu clan of Morioka Domain during the Edo period. The “Kosaka-kaido” highway connecting Morioka Domain with Hirosaki Domain passed through Kosaka...

an early to mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 4th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 30th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1855) was a late Edo period Japanese samurai and the 12th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 38th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

countries at the time. An alliance of western samurai, particularly the domains of Chōshū, Satsuma, and Tosa, and court officials secured control of the...

1784) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 9th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 35th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

1780) was a mid-Edo period Japanese samurai, and the 8th daimyō of Morioka Domain in northern Japan. He was the 34th hereditary chieftain of the Nanbu...

Morioka Domain. He was made a page in 1849 in service to Nanbu Toshiyoshi; five years later he became a karō, and led a reform program in the Morioka...

under the control of the Nambu clan during the Edo period, who ruled Morioka Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. In the Meiji period, the village of Takizawa...