Kumamoto Domain

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The Kumamoto Domain (熊本藩, -han^?) was han or a Japanese feudal domain that was located in Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture) apart from Kuma District and Amakusa District and part of Bungo Province (present-day Oita Prefecture). It was also known as Higo Domain (肥後藩, -han^?). The headquarters of the domain was located in the Kumamoto Castle in the present-day city of Kumamoto.

[edit] Heads

• Katō clan, 1588-1632 (Tozama; 520,000 koku)

1. Kiyomasa
2. Tadahiro

• Hosokawa clan, 1632-1871 (Tozama); 540,000 koku)

1. Tadatoshi
2. Mitsunao
3. Tsunatoshi
4. Nobunori
5. Munetaka
6. Shigekata
7. Harutoshi
8. Narishige
9. Naritatsu
10. Narimori
11. Yoshikuni
12. Morihisa

[edit] References

• Corresponding article (Sep. 12) on the Japanese wikipedia.