Niwase Domain

Niwase Domain
庭瀬藩
Domain of Japan
1615–1871
Site of Niwase Castle
CapitalNiwase jin'ya
Area
  Coordinates34°38′34.1″N 133°50′57″E / 34.642806°N 133.84917°E / 34.642806; 133.84917
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1615
1871
Contained within
  ProvinceBitchū Province
Today part ofOkayama Prefecture
Location of Niwase jin'ya
Niwase Domain (Japan)

Niwase Domain (庭瀬藩, Niwase-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now central Okayama Prefecture. It controlled a small portion of eastern Bitchū Province and was centered around Niwase jin'ya in what is now Kita-ku, Okayama. It was ruled for most its history by a branch of the Itakura clan. It was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.Inukai Tsuyoshi, who became Prime Minister of Japan, was from Niwase Domain.