was a

feudal domain A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. The concept or ...

under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Awa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture),

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. It was centered in what is now part of the city of Kamogawa, Chiba.

History

Most of the Bōsō Peninsula was controlled by the powerful

Satomi clan The was a Japanese samurai clan of the Sengoku period (1467–1573) and early Edo period (1603–1868). The clan ruled Awa Province as a ''Sengoku daimyō'' and was a major military power in the Kantō region during the wars of the Nanboku-ch ...

during the Sengoku period. The Satomi fought numerous battles with the Later Hōjō clan of Odawara for control of the

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. In 1580, Satomi Yoriyoshi built Tateyama Castle in southern Awa Province to guard the southern portion of his territories and increase his control over the entrance to

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. The castle is rebuilt by his son,

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in 1588, who also built a fortified residence, or ''

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'' at Katsuyama, and what is now part of the city of Kamogawa to protect the northeastern approaches to Tateyama Castle. Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, the Kantō region was assigned to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who confirmed the Satomi as daimyō of Awa and Kazusa Provinces, with revenues of 92,000 ''

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''. Following the

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, Satomi Yoshiyasu also gained control of Kashima District in Hitachi Province, which increased his holdings to 122,000 ''koku''. After his death in 1603, his territories were inherited by his son,

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. However, Satomi Tadayoshi was related by marriage to

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, and was implicated in the

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of 1614, which the Tokugawa shogunate used as excuse to abolish Tateyama Domain and extinguish the Satomi clan. In 1617, the Tokugawa shogunate established

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as a '' fudai daimyō'', splitting of 30,000 ''koku'' of the former Satomi territories centered at Katsuyama and was allowed to build a '' jin'ya'' fortified residence, but not a full

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. He was followed by his son Naitō Masakatsu, who ruled until 1629. Naitō Masakatsu’s son Naitō Shigeyori resigned administration of the domain to assume the post of '' Osaka jōdai''; as his heirs were underage at the time of his death, the domain reverted to '' tenryō'' status. In 1668,

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who had risen through the administrative ranks within the Tokugawa shogunate, gained the requisite 10,000 ''koku'' in revenue to become daimyō and was permitted to revive the defunct Awa-Katsuyama Domain. His descendants continued to rule Awa-Katsuyama Domain until the Meiji Restoration. With the

abolition of the han system The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (, ''daimyō'', feudal lords) ...

in July 1871, Awa-Katsuyama Domain briefly became “Katuyama Prefecture”, which later became part of Chiba Prefecture.

List of daimyō

References

External links

Awa-Katsuyama on "Edo 300 HTML"

Notes

{{Authority control Domains of Japan 1622 establishments in Japan States and territories established in 1622 1871 disestablishments in Japan States and territories disestablished in 1871 Awa Province (Chiba) History of Chiba Prefecture