Satsuma han
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The Satsuma domain (Satsuma Han 薩摩藩) of Kagoshima, led by the daimyo of the Shimazu family was a major factor in the Meiji Restoration and in the Meiji period government.
Shimazu Hisamitsu's retainers were involved in the Namamugi Incident of 1862 which led to the Bombardment of Kagoshima by the British navy in 1863.
Major Satsuma domain figures
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