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1308:Takasaki
1303:Maebashi
1180:Archived
839:18,000
492:kokudaka
442:kokudaka
330:ramparts
306:kokudaka
1611:Shikoku
1606:Chūgoku
1563:Odawara
1548:Kawagoe
1463:Omigawa
1458:Takaoka
1418:Shizuku
1368:Fukiake
1333:Ōtawara
1298:Isesaki
1273:Domains
1162:, p. 47
1147:compare
1096:18,000
1059:18,000
1022:18,000
985:18,000
948:18,000
913:18,000
876:18,000
802:18,000
765:18,000
728:18,000
691:18,000
617:20,000
580:20,000
546:20,000
409:of the
405:in the
263:History
37:Capital
1616:Kyūshū
1513:Sanuki
1503:Kururi
1473:Sakura
1433:Ushiku
1428:Yatabe
1393:Kasama
1318:Yoshii
1313:Annaka
1288:Numata
1202:p. 150
1143:pp. 76
512:tozama
481:Tenure
399:daimyō
373:daimyō
343:daimyō
335:yagura
325:jin'ya
316:daimyō
267:After
253:tozama
243:jin'ya
212:was a
188:yagura
118:Daimyō
43:jin'ya
1601:Kinki
1596:Chūbu
1586:Kantō
1533:Okabe
1498:Ōtaki
1488:Jōzai
1478:Oyumi
1328:Obata
1277:Kantō
1218:p. 18
1122:Notes
1090:(美作守)
1053:(肥後守)
1016:(能登守)
979:(信濃守)
942:(伊予守)
907:(土佐守)
870:(美作守)
833:(伊予守)
796:(因幡守)
759:(伊予守)
722:(信濃守)
685:(信濃守)
648:(土佐守)
611:(土佐守)
357:poet
355:haiku
238:Japan
51:]
1538:Oshi
1508:Iino
1468:Tako
1448:Koga
1443:Yūki
1383:Mito
1373:Sano
1363:Mibu
1098:koku
1077:大関増勤
1061:koku
1040:大関増裕
1024:koku
1003:大関増徳
987:koku
966:大関増昭
950:koku
929:大関増儀
915:koku
894:大関増業
878:koku
857:大関増陽
841:koku
820:大関増輔
804:koku
783:大関増備
767:koku
746:大関増興
730:koku
709:大関増恒
693:koku
672:大関増栄
656:koku
635:大関増親
619:koku
598:大関高増
582:koku
564:大関政増
548:koku
530:大関資増
478:Name
387:and
351:koku
332:and
311:koku
297:Aizu
277:koku
156:1871
146:1596
57:Area
1438:Asō
1275:of
1145:;
295:in
283:to
236:),
228:of
220:of
201:黒羽藩
21:黒羽藩
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