The Tsushima Fuchu domain (対馬府中藩 Tsushima Fuchū han), also called the Tsushima domain, was a domain of Japan during the Edo period that controlled Tsushima Province and a small portion of Hizen Province. It was ruled by the So clan. Its capital was put in Izuhara. The Han (藩) 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... Tsushima (対馬, Korean Daema) was a province of Japan until the abolition of provinces and establishment of prefectures. ... The article incorporates text from OpenHistory. ...

History

The So clan was one of few daimyo during the Edo period who continued to control their feuds from medieval times. Although it fought against Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, The Tokugawa shogunate allowed the So clan to continue to rule Tsushima and entrusted it to diplomatic negotiations and trade with Joseon. Its services included receptions of Korean missions to Japan. The Fuchu domain sold imports and buy exports in Osaka and Kyoto. It negotiated trade and diplomacy with the Nagasaki Commissioner in Nagasaki. It had an office in Busan where daily trade and diplomatic service were conducted. The daimyo (大名: daimyō) were the most powerful feudal rulers from the 12th century to the 19th century in Japan. ... Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (also (archaic) Iyeyasu; 徳川 家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, and is commonly known as one of the three great unifiers of feudal Japan (the other two are Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi). ... The Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い Sekigahara-no-tatakai) was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... The Joseon Dynasty (alternatively, Choson or Chosun) is usually preceded with the title Great. The House of the Junju Yi-Shi, The Royal Family of the Joseon Dynasty, or Ishi Wangjo, was the final ruling Imperial dynasty of Korea, lasting from 1392 until 1910. ... Osaka Castle, Ōsaka-jō Umeda district of Osaka Location in Japan Osaka City  listen? (大阪市; Ōsaka-shi) is the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... Location of Kyoto, on the main island of Japan Kyoto (Japanese: 京都市; Kyōto-shi) is a city in Japan that has a population of 1. ... Megane-bashi, the Eyeglasses Bridge Nagasaki (長崎市; -shi) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ... Pūsan is also a Vedic Hindu god. ...

The Fuchu domain was given the status of 100 thousand koku class han although its real production was below 30 thousand koku. In the late 17th century, it prospered in Korea trade and with silver mines, but from the 18th century, it suffered from trade depression and depletion of silver ores. Its economic reforms and the shogunate's constant aide did not improve its finance. Increasing threats of Western imperial powers weighed heavily on the Fuchu domain. In 1861 a Russian naval ship occupied a port of Tsushima. What was worse for Tsushima was a growing internal conflict between pro and anti-shogunate retainers. In 1862, it concluded an alliance with the Choshu domain, which was one of the prominent leaders of the Sonno joi movement. But the anti-shogunate faction was purged in 1864. The loss of human resources prevented it from playing a significant role at the Meiji Restoration. A koku (石) is a quantity of rice, historically defined as enough rice to feed one person for one year, then as 180. ... Nagato (Ja. ... Sonnō jōi (尊皇攘夷 Sonnō jōi) is a Japanese political philosophy and a social movement, which was derived from Neo-Confucianism; it was also a political slogan in 1850s-60s, meaning Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians, or being commonly translated as Respect the Emperor, Expel the Foreign Barbarians The... The Meiji Restoration (明治維新; Meiji Ishin), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to a change in Japans political and social structure. ...

The last ruler So Shigemasa (Yoshiaki) became Governor of Izuhara Prefecture in 1869 and after the Abolition of the Han system was given the title of count (hakushaku) in 1884. The diplomatic service with Korea was taken over by the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Occurring in 1871, the abolition of the han system and establishment of the prefecture system (廃藩置県, haihan-chiken; hai abolish + han + chi set down + ken prefecture) was an act to replace the traditional han system and introduce new local government. ...

List of rulers

1. So Yoshitoshi
2. So Yoshinari
3. So Yoshizane
4. So Yoshitsugu (Yoshitomo)
5. So Yoshimichi
6. So Yoshinobu
7. So Michihiro
8. So Yoshiaki
9. So Yoshishige (Yoshiari)
10. So Yoshinaga
11. So Yoshikatsu¹
12. So Yoshikatsu¹
13. So Yoshikata
14. So Yoshiaya
15. So Yoshiyori
16. So Yoshiaki (Yoshiakira), later renamed Shigemasa

¹ The first Yoshikatsu died at a very young age and his younger brother was substituted for him with the acquiescence of the shogunate. This page is about the Japanese ruler and military rank. ...