 Satsuma Domain yakanga iri imwe yenzvimbo dzine simba uye dzakakosha dzeJapan munguva yeEdo, ichikunda Humambo hweRyukyu senyika yevassal mushure meKupinda kweRyukyumuna 1609, uye vachipesana nevaBritish paBombardment yeKagoshima muna 1863 mushure meNamamugi Incident. Satsuma Domain yakaumba Sangano reSatchō neChōshū Domain panguva yeMeiji Restoration uye yakabatsira pakugadzwa kweHumambo hweJapan. Kagoshima-han yakaparara pakadzimwa han uye kugadzwa kwe ken muna 1871 nehurumende yeMeiji apo Kagoshima-han yakava Kagoshima-ken, nezvimwe zvikamu zvehutongi hwakaparadzaniswa sechikamu cheMiyakonojō Prefecture . Gavhuna wokutanga weKagoshima akanga ari Ōyama Tsunayoshi kusvikira muna 1877 paakaurayiwa muSatsuma Rebellion. Kubvira kuma1880, nzvimbo yekare yeKagoshima Domain yava chikamu cheKagoshima neMiyazaki Prefecture iyo yakazopedzisira yapatsanurwa kubva kuKagoshima muna 1883. 