250px, Hitotsuyanagi Suenori, final ''daimyō'' of Ono Domain 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 The Tokugawa shogunate (, Japanese 徳川幕府 ''Tokugawa bakufu''), also known as the , was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Tokugawa-jidai''"in ''Japan Encyclopedia ...

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

Japan, in Harima Province in what is now the south-central portion of modern-day

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. It was centered around the Ono ''

jin'ya A was a type of administrative headquarters in the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. ''Jin'ya'' served as the seat of the administration for a small domain, a province, or additional parcels of land. ''Jin'ya'' hou ...

'' which was located in what is now the city of

Ono, Hyōgo 270px, Ono City Hall 270px, Ono Hamawari-no-oka Park is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 47,609 in 20483 households and a population density of 510 persons per km².The total area of the city ...

. It was controlled by the ''

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'' Hitotsuyanagi clan throughout its history.

History

Hitotsuyanagi Naomori was established as ''

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'' of the 50,000 '' koku'' Kanbe Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate in 1601. In 1636, he was awarded with a further increase in '' kokudaka'' to 68,000 ''koku'' and was transferred to Saijō Domain in

Iyo Province was a province of Japan in the area of northwestern Shikoku. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Tosa''" in . Iyo bordered on Sanuki Province to the northeast, Awa to the east, and Tosa to the south. Its abbreviated form name was . In te ...

. On his death, he divided his holdings between his three sons, with his second son, Hitotsuyanagi Naoie, receiving 23,000 ''koku'' and the new title of ''daimyō'' of "Kawanoe Domain" in Iyo. This was in addition to the 5000 ''koku'' he already had in Harima Province. However, in 1642, he suddenly died shortly after arriving in Edo on '' sankin kōtai'' due to a

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on his face. As he had no heir, the domain hurriedly married his daughter to the second son of Koide Yoshichika of

Sonobe Domain 250px, Sonobe Castle was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tanba Province in what is now the central portion of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture. It was centered around Sonobe ''jin'ya'', which was locat ...

and to arrange a posthumous adoption to avoid

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. The attempt was only partially successful, as the shogunate used this as an excuse to seize most of the domain's holdings in Iyo, leaving him with only 10,000 ''koku''. The third through ninth ''daimyō'' served in the shogunate in the minor role of ''Sumpu kaban''; however, from the time of the 5th ''daimyō'' Hitotsuyanagi Suenaga, the domain's finances deteriorated. In 1833, towards the end of the tenure of the 9th ''daimyō'' Hitotsuyanagi Suenobu, large-scale peasant uprisings occurred. In 1836, the

han school The was an educational institution in the Edo period of Japan, originally established to educate children of '' daimyō'' (feudal lords) and their retainers in the domains outside of the capital. These institutions were also known as ''hanga ...

, Kishokan, was opened. Under the 11th and final ''daimyō'' Hitotsuyanagi Suemori, the domain was an early supporter of the imperial cause in the Boshin War. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system, the domain became "Ono Prefecture", which was merged with "Shikama Prefecture", which in turn became part of Hyōgo Prefecture. The Hitotsuyanagi clan was ennobled with the ''

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'' peerage title of ''shishaku'' (viscount) in 1884. The site of the Ono Jin'ya is now the location of Ono Elementary School. In addition to a stone monument, a small portion of earthen wall still exists.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the

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, Ono 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
* Harima Province **30 villages in Katō District

List of daimyō

References

{{Authority control Domains of Japan 1871 disestablishments in Japan States and territories disestablished in 1871 Harima Province History of Hyōgo Prefecture

History

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

List of daimyō

See also

Further reading

References