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 Ise Province in former Hisai town (now part of the modern-day city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture). It was centered around Hisai '' jin'ya''. Hisai Domain was a sub-domain of Tsu Domain ruled by a cadet branch of the Tōdō clan.

History

Under Tōdō Takatora, Tsu Domain had a ''

kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of ''koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 54 ...

'' of 323,000 ''koku''. However, in 1669 on the retirement of his son

Tōdō Takatsugu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. He was the 2nd ''daimyō'' from the Tōdō clan to rule Tsu Domain in Ise and Iga Provinces. Biography As the ''daimyō'' of Tsu Domain, Tōdō Takatora had no son and heir, he adopted the son ...

, 50,000 ''koku'' of his holdings were split off to allow his second son Tōdō Takamichi to establish a cadet branch of the clan. This was done to provide an alternate line of succession, in the event that the main lineage of the clan failed to provide a male heir, and to thus avoid the possibility of attainder, which was a constant concern for the '' tozama daimyo''. Although Hisai Domain was styled as a "castle-holding domain", Tōdō Takamichi was not permitted to build a Japanese castle, but had to be content with a '' jin'ya'', or fortified residence. Tōdō Takamichi's successor, Tōdō Takakata brought another 3000 ''koku'' to the domain, raising its ''kokudaka'' to 53,000 ''koku''. As a sub-domain of Tsu Domain, Hisai Domain as a rule followed the customs and direction of the parent house; however, the domain was plagued by many misfortunes. The domain's

Edo Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of ...

residence burned down five times, and the domain suffered frequently from crop failures and natural disasters. On them other hand, the parent house suffered frequently from lack of a direct heir, and many of the ''daimyō'' of Tsu Domain assumed that post after gaining experience in administering Hisai. The domain's financial situation was especially bad after the Great Tenmei famine of 1782 to 1788. However due to the reforms initiated by the 12th ''daimyō'' of Tsu,

Tōdō Takasato was a Japanese '' daimyō'' of the middle Edo period. He was the 9th ''daimyō'' from the Tōdō clan to ruled Tsu Domain in Ise and Iga Provinces. Biography Takasato was born in 1746 as the son Tōdō Takahora, a 7000-''koku'' '' hatamoto' ...

, the finances of the domain were restored. After his death, problems arose again, until the time of the 15th ''daimyō'' Tōdō Takayori in the Bakumatsu period, with the development of new rice lands and flood control works on the

Kumozu River The Kumozu River ( ja, 雲出川) is a river in Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Pr ...

. With the start of the

Boshin War The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperi ...

, Hisai Domain followed Tsu Domain's lead in joining with the Satchō Alliance forces. Following the establishment of the Meiji government and the 1871

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) ...

, the territory of Hisai Domain became part of Mie prefecture in 1876. The Hisai ''jin'ya'' was located on the outskirts of Tsu, at what is now the grounds of the Hisai Junior High School.

List of daimyō

References

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History

List of daimyō

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