The Chōshū Domain (長州藩, Chōshū-han), also known as the Hagi Domain (萩藩, Hagi-han), was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo...

Chōshū may refer to: Nagato Province Urakusai Nagahide, a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints Chōshū Domain, a feudal domain of Japan during...

Chōshū expedition (Japanese: 第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War, was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain....

1863 after the Namamugi Incident. The Satsuma Domain formed the Satchō Alliance with the rival Chōshū Domain during the Meiji Restoration and became instrumental...

daimyō of Chōshū Domain. Mōri Yoshinari (毛利吉就, 1668–1694), 3rd daimyō of Chōshū Domain. Mōri Yoshihiro (毛利吉広, 1673–1707), 4th daimyō of Chōshū Domain, adopted...

Shinsaku (高杉 晋作, 27 September 1839 – 17 May 1867) was a samurai from the Chōshū Domain of Japan who contributed significantly to the Meiji Restoration. He...

The Satsuma–Chōshū Alliance (薩摩長州同盟, Satsuma Chōshū dōmei), or Satchō Alliance (薩長同盟, Satchō dōmei) was a powerful military alliance between the southwestern...

center of Chōshū Domain, with the Mōri clan ruling as daimyō from their stronghold at Hagi Castle for 250 years. The samurai of Chōshū Domain played a...

Kōmei by the Chōshū forces at Hamaguri Gate in order to restore the Imperial household to its position of political supremacy, the Chōshū forces clashed...

The First Chōshū expedition (Japanese: 第一次長州征討) was a punitive military expedition by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain in September–November...