Chofu Domain

Japanese: 長府藩 - ちょうふはん

Edo period , Nagato Province Toyoura County Head Office (present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture Shimonoseki City It was an outside domain with its clan headquarters in Chofu. Choshu Domain One of the branch domains of the Hagi Domain. The domain school was Keigyokan. In 1600 (5th year of the Keicho era), Motonari Mori He was the second son of Motokiyo Hoda, the fourth son of Terumoto Mori The Kiyosue Domain was established by Hidemoto, who was adopted by Terumoto. Terumoto bestowed 36,200 koku of land in the eastern part of the Choshu Domain's territory facing the Shimonoseki Straits, and in 1853 (Shoo 2), Hidemoto's second son, Mototomo, was given 10,000 koku, thus establishing the Kiyosue Domain. When the main Choshu Domain had no successor, it was stipulated that a successor should be adopted from the top branch domain, and so Tsunamoto, the third lord, and Masataka, the eighth lord, were sent out as lords of Choshu. The domain's kokudaka was 58,000 koku in the Keicho land survey, over 83,000 koku in the Kan'ei land survey, and reached 127,000 koku at the end of the Edo period. Counting from Hidemoto, it continued for 14 generations, and in 1865 (Keio 1) there was conflict with the main domain, which tried to make the Kiyosue Domain a direct territory, but they later reconciled and both Boshin War In the 71st year of the Meiji era (1871), Abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures It was incorporated into Yamaguchi Prefecture via Toyoura Prefecture. ◇It is also called Toyoura Domain or Fuchu Domain.

Source: Kodansha Encyclopedia of Domain Names and Former Province Names

Japanese:

江戸時代、長門(ながと)国豊浦(とよら)郡長府（現、山口県下関市長府）に藩庁をおいた外様(とざま)藩。長州藩（萩藩）の支藩の一つ。藩校は敬業館(けいぎょうかん)。1600年（慶長(けいちょう)5）、毛利元就(もうりもとなり)の4男穂田元清(ほいだもときよ)の次男で、毛利輝元(てるもと)の養子となった秀元(ひでもと)が立藩。下関海峡に面した長州藩領東部3万6200石を輝元から分与されたもので、53年（承応(じょうおう)2）には秀元の次男元知(もととも)が1万石を分与されて清末(きよすえ)藩が成立した。本藩の長州藩に後継者がないときは筆頭支藩から養子を出す定めがあり、そのため3代綱元(つなもと)と8代匡敬(まさたか)を長州藩主として送り出した。石高は慶長検地で5万8000石、寛永検地で8万3000石余、幕末期には12万7000石に達した。秀元から数えて14代続き、1865年（慶応1）には清末藩も含めて直轄領にしようとした本藩と対立したが、のち和解してともに戊辰(ぼしん)戦争を戦った。71年（明治4）の廃藩置県により、豊浦県を経て山口県に編入された。◇豊浦藩、府中(ふちゅう)藩ともいう。

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