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Fief controlled by a daimyo , or territorial lord, during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) in Japan.
Collectively, the han resembled a confederation of principalities united under the Tokugawa shogunate. In 1869 the daimyo were requested to surrender their domains to the Meiji emperor ; in 1871 they were abolished and replaced by the present-day prefectures.
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Wu han
Kuan Han ch'ing
Han dynasty
Han River
Han Yongun
Han Yu
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Meegeren Han van