Amagasaki Domain

Amagasaki Domain
尼崎藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1615–1871
CapitalAmagasaki Castle
Area
  Coordinates34°42′51.757″N 135°25′14.005″E / 34.71437694°N 135.42055694°E / 34.71437694; 135.42055694
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1615
 Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Hyōgo Prefecture
Location of Amagasaki Castle
Amagasaki Domain (Japan)

Amagasaki Domain (尼崎藩, Amagasaki-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Settsu Province in what is now the southeastern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle. The domain extended over parts of Settsu Province that correspond to portions of the cities of Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Itami, and Takarazuka, in modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was controlled by the fudai daimyō Aoyama clan followed by the Sakurai-branch of the Matsudaira clan throughout most of its history.