This is an incomplete list of the major Han of the Tokugawa period. Han were feudal domains that formed the effective basis of administration in Tokugawa-era Japan. The han in this list are given roughly from north to south. The han are given along with their approximate borders compared with the modern prefecture system. The Han (è—©) were the fiefs of feudal clans of Japan that existed during all the Edo period and for a few years after the Meiji Restoration. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The Edo period (江戸時代) is a division of Japanese... Map of the prefectures of Japan in ISO 3166-2:JP order. ...

Hokkaido

• Matsumae - Located in modern-day Matsumae town, Matsumae District

Hokkaidō (Japanese: 北海道, literal meaning: North Sea Route, Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island of Japan. ... Matsumae (松前郡; -gun) is a district located in southwestern Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. ...

Tohoku

Tohoku region, Japan Cast-iron teapots like this one sit atop stoves during the long winters in Tohoku. ...

Mutsu Province

• Tonami - Created in 1870 from part of former Aizu han. Consisted of the districts of Kita (today Kamikita and Shimokita districts) and Sannohe, both in modern-day Aomori and Ninohe in Iwate. Capital was at modern-day Mutsu, Aomori
• Kunohe - Branch of Morioka han, corresponded to modern Kunohe District, Iwate?
• Hirosaki - Located in modern-day Aomori Prefecture
• Kuroishi - Branch of Hirosaki han, based in modern-day Kuroishi, Aomori
• Yanohe - Branch of Morioka han
• Morioka - Located in modern-day Akita, Aomori, and Iwate Prefectures, originally consisted of 10 districts - in modern Iwate: Iwate, Iwate, Waga, Shiwa, Kunohe, Ninhoe, and Hei (now split into Kamihei and Shimohe); in modern Aomori: Sannohe and Kita (now divided into Kamikita and Shimokita districts); in modern Akita: Kazuno
• Ichinoseki - Branch of Sendai han, based in modern-day Ichinoseki, Iwate
• Sendai - Based in modern-day Sendai, Miyagi
• Yanagawa - Based in modern-day Yanagawa town, Date District, Fukushima
• Kōri - Based in modern-day Kōri town, Date District, Fukushima
• Shimotedo - Based in modern-day Tsukidate town, Date District, Fukushima
• Sōmanakamura - Located in modern-day Fukushima Prefecture, capital was modern-day Sōma, Fukushima; was briefly Nakamura Prefecture after the abolition of the han system