Hagi-han Batsuetsuroku (萩藩閥閲録) is a compilation of documents and genealogies of the retainers of the Hagi domain (萩藩, the Chōshū domain), ruled by the Mōri clan in Suō and Nagato Provinces.
Japanese names are given in Japanese order (family name first).
Overview
| Title | Hagi-han Batsuetsuroku (萩藩閥閲録) |
|---|---|
| Ordered by | The lord Mōri Yoshimoto (毛利吉元), who commissioned his retainer Nagata Masazumi (永田政純, called Seibei) |
| Period | Begun in 1720 (Kyōhō 5) and largely completed around 1725–1726; additions were made in the Kanpō and Genbun eras |
| Size | Reported as 170 volumes in 204 books |
| Houses | 789 |
| Modern edition | Yamaguchi Prefectural Archives (山口県文書館), vols. 1–4, 1967; Iroku (遺漏, supplement), 1971; reprinted 1979 |
Contents
The work mainly records documents and genealogies of the domain’s retainers, but also includes those of townspeople, village headmen, priests and temples. The supplement (Iroku) adds documents of a further 227 houses. Volume 4 also contains the Bōchō Jisha Shōmon (防長寺社證文), Nagata’s survey of the temples and shrines of Suō and Nagato.
Notes for Researchers
Volume numbering of the supplement differs between the text and the catalog; check which numbering a citation uses. Compare each line with other genealogies, temple records and family documents.
Related
See the list of Japanese genealogy collections for other major works.
