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
Hitachi Province (modern-day
Ibaraki Prefecture),
Japan
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. It was centered on Shishido
Jin'ya in what is now part of the city of
Kasama, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by a junior branch of the Mito
Tokugawa clan.
History
When the new
Tokugawa shogunate moved the powerful
Satake clan north into
Dewa Province, part of the lands they were given were occupied by the
Akita clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan of northern Honshū that claimed descent from Abe no Sadato of the Abe clan. The Akita clan was originally known as the . In the Kamakura period, they were installed in the Tsugaru district of Mutsu Province to ...
. Shishido Domain was created for
Akita Sanesue in 1602 out of part of the former Satake lands in Hitachi Province. He was replaced by his son
Akita Toshisue in 1630, who was subsequently transferred to
Miharu Domain in
Mutsu Province
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Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the comb ...
and the domain reverted to direct control by the shogunate.
Shishido Domain was revived in 1682 for Matsudaira Yorio, the 7th son of
Tokugawa Yorifusa of
Mito Domain by order of
Tokugawa Mitsukuni. The domain played a leading role in the pro-''
sonno joi'' Tengu Party Revolt of the early
Bakumatsu period under the rule of
Matsudaira Yorinori in 1864. After the failure of the revolt, Yorinori and many of the samurai of the domain were put to death and the domain officially suppressed.
However, after the Meiji restoration, Shishido Domain was restored under
Matsudaira Yoritaka
Kazoku, Viscount was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period who served as daimyō of Shishido han. Retiring early, he was succeeded by his son Matsudaira Yorinori (Shishido), Matsudaira Yorinori, but Yoritaka returned to headship followin ...
, who was recalled from retirement and who served until the
abolition of the han system
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in 1871.
The site of Shishido Jin'ya is now an Inari Shrine; however, the large main gate of the ''jin’ya'' survives, and is projected as an Ibaraki Prefectural Important Cultural Property.
The domain had a total population of 6398 people in 978 households per a census in 1869.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
Unlike most domains in the
han system, Shishido Domain consisted of a single continuous territory which was calculated to provide its assigned ''
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 ...
'', based on periodic
cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.
[Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987)]
''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18
*
Hitachi Province
**27 villages in Ibaraki District
List of daimyō
References
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External links
Shishido on "Edo 300 HTML"
Notes
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