Japan’s Richest Domains in the Edo Period

A picture by Utagawa Yoshiiku of Maeda Toshiie in his younger days, when he was still serving Oda Nobunaga. (Courtesy Tokyo Metropolitan Library)

Saigō Takamori. (Courtesy National Diet Library)

A statue of Date Masamune in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. (© Pixta)

Nagoya Castle. (© Pixta)

A picture of Yoshimune being proclaimed shōgun. (Courtesy Tokyo Metropolitan Library)