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Tottori Domain

1600 CE – 1871 CE · capital Tottori

The domain of Inaba and Hoki on the Sea of Japan coast, ruled for most of the Edo period by a senior branch of the Ikeda family.

Origins

Tottori castle had been the scene of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's notorious starvation siege of 1581. After Sekigahara, Ikeda Nagayoshi held Tottori with a small fief. In 1617 the shogunate gave Ikeda Mitsumasa the provinces of Inaba and Hoki, with 325,000 koku.

Rule and society

In 1632 Mitsumasa exchanged domains with his cousin Ikeda Mitsunaka of Okayama, and Mitsunaka's line ruled Tottori until 1871. The domain governed Hoki through a senior retainer family stationed at Yonago castle. Its economy rested on rice, cotton and iron sand smelting in the Chugoku mountains, and it guarded the Sea of Japan coast.

Decline and legacy

The last lord, Ikeda Yoshinori, a brother of the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, nevertheless sided with the imperial forces in 1868. After abolition in 1871 the domain became Tottori Prefecture.

Lineage

Tottori DomainEmpire of Japan 1868 CE – 1945 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tottori Domain. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tottori-domain
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“Tottori Domain.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tottori-domain. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tottori Domain.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/tottori-domain.
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