By the following year, 1869, daimyo returned their lands and people to the emperor and their title was changed from Hanshu to Chihanji (governor,) and based on the Haihan-chiken (the abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures) in 1871, Han were replaced with prefectures. |
翌1869年までに版籍奉還が行われて藩主は知藩事に改められ、1871年の廃藩置県によりさらに藩が県に置き換えられた。 |