Utsunomiya Domain

Utsunomiya Domain
宇都宮藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1601–1871
CapitalUtsunomiya Castle
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1601
 Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Tochigi Prefecture

Utsunomiya Domain (宇都宮藩, Utsunomiya-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimotsuke Province (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Utsunomiya Castle in what is now part of the city of Utsunomiya. Utsunomiya was ruled by numerous daimyō clans during its history.