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===Kaga Cape===
===Kaga Cape===
While Japan is today a unitary state divided into local prefectures, before the Meiji Restoration, Japan made of domains, each ruled by ''daimyo'' - a feudal lord whose clan controlled power in the domain. Warfare between these domains largely ended with the unification of Japan under Ieyasu in 1603, but the domains continued to have autonomy until the Meiji Restoration, when the 版籍奉還 (return of lands and people from the domains to the Emperor) converted the feudal lords to government administrators, and the domains finally came to end with the 廃藩置県 (abolishment of domains and establishment of prefectures). The early Meiji period was marked by a continuous reduction in the feudal power structure and its stakeholders (the daimyo and samurai) as Japan abolished its old institutions.
While Japan is today a unitary state divided into local prefectures, before the Meiji Restoration, Japan was composed of domains, each ruled by ''daimyo'' - feudal lords whose clans controlled power in the domain. Warfare between these domains largely ended with the unification of Japan under Ieyasu in 1603, but the domains continued to have autonomy until the Meiji Restoration, when the 版籍奉還 (return of lands and people from the domains to the Emperor) converted the feudal lords to government administrators, and the domains finally came to an end with the 廃藩置県 (abolishment of domains and establishment of prefectures). The early Meiji period was marked by a continuous reduction in the feudal power structure and its stakeholders (the daimyo and samurai) as Japan abolished its old institutions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions
The reason for this very long explanation is explain the reference to 百万石 (''hyakuman-koku'') that Kaga makes in the last line in the standard version of her song, which, now that I think about it, isn't really necessary.
The reason for this very long explanation is to explain the reference to 百万石 (''hyakuman-koku'') that Kaga makes in the last line in the standard version of her song, which, now that I think about it, isn't really necessary.
"In 1690, the richest han was the Kaga Domain with slightly over 1 million koku." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_system
"In 1690, the richest han was the Kaga Domain with slightly over 1 million koku." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_system