Hikone Domain

Hikone Domain
彦根藩
Domain of Japan
1601–1871
CapitalSawayama Castle (1600–1606)
Hikone Castle (1606–1871)
Area
  Coordinates35°16′35″N 136°15′06″E / 35.27639°N 136.25167°E / 35.27639; 136.25167
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1601
 Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Shiga Prefecture

Hikone Domain (彦根藩, Hikone-han) was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in eastern Ōmi Province, in the Kansai region of central Honshu. The domain was centered at Hikone Castle, located in what is now the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture. It was ruled throughout its history by the Ii clan.