The Tosa Domain (土佐藩, Tosa han) was a feudal domain in Tosa Province of Japan (present-day Kōchi Prefecture) during the Edo period. Its official name is "Kōchi han" (高知藩). Some from the domain played important roles in events in the late Tokugawa shogunate. Among them are John Manjiro, Sakamoto Ryōma, Yui Mitsue, Gotō Shōjirō, Itagaki Taisuke, Nakae Chōmin.
Around 1400 Tosa was controlled by Hosokawa clan, associates of the Ashikaga shoguns.
In 16th century Tosa was a base of the Chōsokabe clan, that under Chōsokabe Motochika briefly (1583-1585) controlled the entire island of Shikoku. Defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1585, Chōsokabe fought for him in Kyushu and Korea. The next daimyo Chōsokabe Morichika joined the western host at Sekigahara. He was removed from the province by a victorious Tokugawa Ieyasu, who granted the domain to Yamauchi Kazutoyo in 1600.
The Chōsokabe clan retainers were mutinous, while peasants feared increased exploitation under the new lord and many fled across to the neighboring domains. Yamauchi Kazutoyo came in with only 158 mounted men, and had to petition bakufu for help in pacifying his new domain. This was acheaved by``ruse and vilence… Two boatloads containing 273 heads were sent to Tokugawa headquarters to demonstrate Yamauchi efficiency, and another 73 dissidents were crucified on the beach.”
music: C. Rosso/lyrics: G. Careddu-A. Marchisio
Now the damage is done
no time for regret
but soul foreclosures
and the eternity to fall
My lover is waiting beyond the farthest places
so far away
the sun has made my eyes turn blue, and forced
and has forced my lips to pray
Here I stand
in front of love betrayed
while my blood rises
up to my head
all is lost
where is now the place
where their names can be whispered
starting revenge?
No, I wouldn't have believed this to happen
when I promised my heart to her
time will go by like blades on skin
and will cover my shoulders with dust and rain
Here I stand, facing love mistakes
while her life is running out of my hands
naivety's my crime, by punishment be paid
but somebody's forgetting my river of tears
My heart was blind
my eyes are crying
my self is dying inside of me
my heart was blind
my eyes are crying
my self is dying
Please wait
I'm coming close to you
towards that place
before we changed direction
My seas are still waiting for me
for the Moor of Venice forever sad
is violence worth enough
to recover the broken morality?