 Many of the largest and wealthiest "han" — the personal feudal domains of the "daimyō" — were ruled by "tozama", including the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain with a value of 1,000,000 "koku" under the "Kokudaka" system.However, this was a deliberate Tokugawa plan to keep the "tozama" in check, as "fudai daimyō" were stationed in smaller domains in strategic locations, including along major roads and near important cities.Many notable "tozama" families, including the Shimazu, the Mori, the Date, the Hachisuka, and the Uesugi, were based in western and northern Honshu, in contrast to the Tokugawa based in the eastern city of Edo.