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Japan, located in

Mimasaka Province or was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is today northeastern Okayama Prefecture. Mimasaka bordered Bitchū, Bizen, Harima, Hōki, and Inaba Provinces. Mimasaka was landlocked, and was often ruled by the ''daimyō'' in Bize ...

in what is now the northern portion of modern-day Okayama Prefecture. It was centered around Katsuyama Castle which was located in what is now the city of

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and was controlled by a cadet branch ''

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throughout all of its history. It was initially known as after the original name of Katsuyama Castle, and in the late

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it was renamed after its location in Mashima County.

History

In 1764, the ''

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'' Miura Akitsugu transferred from

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to a holding of equivalent '' kokudaka'' in Mimasaka Province. He rebuilt Takada Castle and renamed it Katsuyama Castle, and laid out a new ''

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'' which became the Katsuyama neighborhood of Maniwa. His son, Miura Noritsugu, encouraged the development of iron mines and iron ore remained a domain monopoly to the end of the

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. The 9th ''daimyō'', Miura Hirotsugu, supported the shogunate in the Bakumatsu period, but his son, and final daimyō, Miura Takatsugu supported the imperial cause and the clan was later ennobled with the ''

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'' peerage title of ''shishaku'' (viscount). In 1871 domain became "Mashima Prefecture" due to the abolition of the han system. It was incorporated into Okayama Prefecture via Hojo Prefecture.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the

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, Katsuyama Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned '' kokudaka'', based on periodic

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surveys and projected agricultural yields.Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987)
''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18
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**107 villages in Mashima District **1 village in Ōba District

List of daimyō

References

{{Domains of Chūgoku Domains of Japan 1764 establishments in Japan States and territories established in 1764 1871 disestablishments in Japan States and territories disestablished in 1871 Mimasaka Province History of Okayama Prefecture

History

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

List of daimyō

See also

Further reading

References