The Uwajima Domain (宇 和 島 藩, Uwajima) is a feudal domain located in Iyo Province, (nowadays Ehime Prefecture) during the Edo period. It is run from 1608 to 1613 by the Tomita clan. After a brief period of control as tenryō territory, the domain passes into the hands of the Date clan. The founder is Date Hidemune (1591-1658), first son of Date Masamune (1567-1636). Hidemune can not inherit his father's position as head of the main Date clan because he was born of a concubine, so arrangements are made for Hidemune to keep this han from 1615, away from the lands of the main clan. Date north of Japan.

During the Bakumatsu period, Munenari Date (1818-1892) is the eighth-generation daimyo and a prominent figure of political staff nationwide. Mune'e Date, daimyo of the ninth generation, succeeded him before the abolition of the han system in 1871. List of daimyomodifier code Source of translationedit code

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