Fukui Domain

Fukui Domain 福井藩 Fukui-han
Domain of Japan
1600–1870
Moat at the former site of Fukui Castle in Fukui
Mon of the Matsudaira
Capital	Fukui Castle
Area
• Coordinates	36°03′56″N 136°13′15″E / 36.065456°N 136.2209°E / 36.065456; 136.2209
Government
Daimyō
• 1601-1607	Yūki Hideyasu (first)
• 1858-1871	Matsudaira Mochiaki (last)
Historical era	Edo period
• Established	1600
• Abolition of the han system	1870
Contained within
• Province	Echizen
Today part of	Fukui Prefecture

The Fukui Domain (福井藩, Fukui-han), also known as the Echizen Domain (越前藩, Echizen-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871.^[1]

The Fukui Domain was based at Fukui Castle in Echizen Province, the core of the modern city of Fukui, located in the Chūbu region of the island of Honshu. The Fukui Domain was founded by Yūki Hideyasu, the son of shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was ruled for all of its existence by the shinpan daimyō of the Matsudaira clan. The Fukui Domain was assessed under the Kokudaka system and its value peaked at 680,000 koku. The Fukui Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 after the Meiji Restoration and its territory was absorbed into Fukui Prefecture.