History glossary
Choshu
a powerful western Japanese domain that became a centre of anti-shogunal resistance.
- Category
- Domain
- Region
- Japan
- Date range
- Tokugawa-Meiji transition
What it means
Choshu was a domain in western Honshu that became a centre of anti-shogunal activism and military reform. Along with Satsuma, it supplied many of the soldiers and statesmen who drove the Meiji Restoration.
