Takada Domain

Takada Domain
高田藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1598–1871
CapitalTakada Castle
Area
 • Coordinates37°6′36″N 138°15′21″E / 37.11000°N 138.25583°E / 37.11000; 138.25583
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1598
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Niigata Prefecture
Corner Yagura of Takada Castle, the administrative centre of Takada Domain
1839 map showing Nagaoka and Takada Domains

Takada domain (高田藩, Takada han), was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in Echigo Province, in the Hokuriku region of Honshū. The domain was centered at Takada Castle, located in what is now part of the city of Jōetsu in Niigata Prefecture.[1][2][3] It was also known as Fukushima Domain (福嶋藩, Fukushima han).

  1. ^ "Echigo Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-4-7.
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Takada" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 931., p. 931, at Google Books
  3. ^ "Echigo Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-4-8.

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