Editing Han system (section)

{{short description|Feudal system of Tokugawa Japan}}
{{about|the Tokugawa Japan domain system|Han dynasty system|Government of the Han dynasty}}
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'''{{lang|ja-Latn|Han}}''' ({{langx|ja|藩}}, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the [[Estate (land)|estate]] of a [[daimyo]] in the [[Edo period]] (1603–1868) and early [[Meiji (era)|Meiji period]] (1868–1912).<ref name="nussbaum283">[[Louis Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA283 "Han"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 283.</ref> {{lang|ja-Latn|Han}} or {{lang|ja-Latn|Bakufu-han}} (daimyo domain)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=Janet|title=The Emergence of Modern Japan: An Introductory History Since 1853|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-1-317-87085-2|location=Oxon}}</ref> served as a system of ''[[de facto]]'' [[administrative division]]s of Japan alongside the ''[[de jure]]'' [[Provinces of Japan|provinces]] until they were abolished in the 1870s.