Echizen Domain

The Fukui Domain (福井藩, Fukui han), also known as Echizen Domain (越前), was a Japanese domain in the Edo period. It is associated with Echizen Province in modern-day Fukui Prefecture on the island of Honshu.

In the han system, Fukui was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area. This was different from the feudalism of the West.

Fukui was the castle town of the Matsudaira of Echizen.

In 1661, Fukui became the first han to issue hansatsu (domain paper money).

In 1686, the han was reduced from 475,000 koku to 250,000 koku.

The hereditary daimyo were head of the clan and head of the domain.

Matsudaira clan, 1590-1868 (fudai; 320,000 koku)

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