Fuhanken Sanchisei

The Fuhanken Sanchisei (府藩県三治制^?, "Fu, Han and Ken Tripartite Governance System") was an administrative reorganization undertaken by the Meiji Government in 1868, during the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Boshin War. Over a period of four years, the old Provinces of Japan were recategorised into three different jurisdictions: urban prefectures (府, fu^?), Daimyo Domains (藩, han^?) and rural prefectures (県, ken^?). This, along with further reforms during the abolition of the han System in 1871, led to the shaping of 45 of the 47 modern-day Prefectures of Japan.

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