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Fukuoka Domain
Origins
Kuroda Nagamasa, son of Hideyoshi's strategist Kuroda Kanbei, fought for Tokugawa Ieyasu at Sekigahara and received Chikuzen province in 1600 with about 520,000 koku. He built Fukuoka castle beside the old merchant city of Hakata.
Rule and society
The Kuroda ruled for the whole Edo period. The twin cities of samurai Fukuoka and merchant Hakata formed one of Kyushu's largest urban centres. From 1641 the domain alternated with Saga in guarding Nagasaki, Japan's only port for Dutch and Chinese trade. The Confucian scholar Kaibara Ekken served the domain, and Kuroda Nagahiro promoted Western learning in the 19th century.
Decline and legacy
Fukuoka joined the imperial side in 1868. In 1870 its officials were found counterfeiting money, and the last lord, Kuroda Nagatomo, was dismissed in 1871 shortly before the domains were abolished; it became Fukuoka Prefecture.
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- Fukuoka Domain was part of Tokugawa Shogunate1603 CE – 1867 CE
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