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Events on Sunday 25 July 1869 1
1869Japanese daimyo return their domains to the emperorFeudal lords surrender their lands under Hanseki HokanAs part of the Meiji Restoration, the feudal lords of Japan formally returned their domain registers and populations to Emperor Meiji. The move was a major step in dismantling the han system of feudal domains and centralizing the Japanese state. It paved the way for the fuller abolition of the domains in 1871.