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Kii Domain

1619 CE – 1871 CE · capital Wakayama

One of the three Tokugawa branch houses, ruling from Wakayama, which gave Japan two shoguns, Yoshimune and Iemochi.

Origins

In 1619 the shogunate moved Tokugawa Yorinobu, the tenth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, to Wakayama, giving him Kii province and part of Ise with about 555,000 koku. Kii became one of the three Gosanke houses entitled to supply a shogun.

Rule and society

The domain controlled the Kii peninsula, with forests of the Kumano region, mandarin orange orchards, fisheries and the soy sauce makers of Yuasa. When the main line of shoguns ended in 1716, the Kii lord Tokugawa Yoshimune became the eighth shogun and launched the Kyoho reforms. In 1858 another Kii lord, Yoshitomi, became Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi.

Decline and legacy

Kii submitted to the new government in 1868 and carried out military reforms. After abolition in 1871 it became Wakayama Prefecture; the diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu came from Kii.

Lineage

Kii DomainEmpire of Japan 1868 CE – 1945 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kii Domain. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/kii-domain
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