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Mino Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, and Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviat ...

(present-day Kaizu, Gifu). For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch of the

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Owari Domain The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated at ...

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Matsudaira Sadaaki was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Bakumatsu period, who was the last ruler of the Kuwana Domain. Sadaaki was the adopted heir of Matsudaira Sadamichi, the descendant of Sadatsuna, the third son of Hisamatsu Sadakatsu (1569–1623), who was Tok ...

Tokugawa Yoshikatsu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain as its 14th (1849–1858) and 17th daimyō (1870–1880). He was the brother of Matsudaira Katamori. His childhood name was Hidenosuke (秀之助). Early years Yoshik ...

, and Tokugawa Mochinaga, four important figures in

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-era Japan, were the sons of

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, one of Takasu's last ''

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History

In 1600, after the

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, Takagi Morikane was dispossessed of Takasu Castle for having sided with the pro-Toyotomi Western Army under

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. He was replaced by Tokunaga Nagamasa, one of

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’s generals and was assigned a fief with a ''

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''. The marked the start of Takasu Domain under the

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. His son, Tokunaga Masashige, increased the ''kokudaka'' to 53,000 ''koku''; however, he was dispossessed in 1628 over his failure to complete the rebuilding of the walls of

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, and the domain was suppressed. Takasu Domain was revived in 1640 as a 22,000 ''koku'' holding for a cadet branch of the

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in Shimōsa. However, the domain suffered greatly from flood damage, and the shogunate transferred the Ogasawara to

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in Echizen in 1691. The domain was revived a third time in 1700, this time as a 30,000 ''koku'' holding for Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, the younger son of

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. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki was already ''daimyō'' of the 30,000 ''koku''

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since 1681, and traded this territory of Takasu Domain, which then became a subsidiary to Owari Domain. The domain remained in the hands of his descendants until the

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. Although administered as a part of Owari Domain, the position of Takasu Domain was somewhat ambiguous, as it was authorized directly by the shogunate rather than by Owari Domain. On the other hand, its ''daimyō'' lived permanently in Edo, and administered domain affairs through appointed officials, rather than residing in the domain and was thus not subject to ''Sankin-kōtai''.

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the

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, Takasu Domain consisted of a discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''

'', based on periodic

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surveys and projected agricultural yields. *Mino Province ** 13 villages in Kaisai District **15 villages in Ishizu District *Shinano Province **42 villages in Ina District

List of daimyō

Simplified genealogy

, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616; r. 1603–1605) **

Tokugawa Yoshinao was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Biography Born the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his concubine, Okame no Kata. His childhood name was Gorōtamaru (五郎太丸). While still a young child, he was appointed leader of ...

, 1st Lord of Owari (1601-1650) *** Tokugawa Mitsutomo, 2nd Lord of Owari (1625-1700) ****Tokugawa Tsunanari, 3rd Lord of Owari (1652-1699) ***** II. Matsudaira Yoshitaka, 2nd Lord of Takasu (1694-1732; r. 1715–1732) **** I. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, 1st Lord of Takasu (1656-1715; Lord of Takasu: cr. 1700) ****Matsudaira Tomoaki, Head of the Kawado-Kubo line (1678-1728) ***** III. Matsudaira Yoshiaki, 3rd Lord of Takasu (later Tokugawa Munekatsu, 8th Lord of Owari) (1705-1761; 3rd Lord of Takasu: 1732–1739; 8th Lord of Owari: 1739–1761) ****** IV. Matsudaira Yoshitoshi, 4th Lord of Takasu (1734-1771; r. 1739–1771) ******* V. Matsudaira Yoshitomo, 5th Lord of Takasu (1760-1793; r. 1771–1777) ******* VI. Matsudaira Yoshihiro, 6th Lord of Takasu (1762-1795; r. 1777–1795) ****** VII. Matsudaira Katsumasa, 7th Lord of Takasu (1738-1801; r. 1795–1801) **

Tokugawa Yorinobu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Kageyama-dono. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 20 ...

, 1st Lord of Kishū (1602-1671) ***

Tokugawa Mitsusada was a ''daimyō'' in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868). Mitsusada born as son and heir of Tokugawa Yorinobu and a grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu with childhood name Nagatomimaru (長福丸). Among his sons was the eighth Tokugawa shōgun Y ...

, 2nd Lord of Kishū (1627-1705) ****

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Lineage Yoshimune ...

, 8th Tokugawa Shōgun (1684-1751; 5th Lord of Kishū: 1705–1716; 8th Tokugawa Shōgun: 1716–1745) *****

Tokugawa Munetada was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period who was the founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa family. He was the fourth son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shōgun with his ...

, 1st Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1721-1765) ******

Tokugawa Harusada Tokugawa may refer to: *Tokugawa era, an alternative term for the Edo period, 1603 to 1868 *Tokugawa shogunate, a feudal regime of Japan during the Edo period **Tokugawa clan, a powerful family of Japan ***Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), most nota ...

, 2nd Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1751-1827) ******* VIII. Matsudaira Yoshisue, 8th Lord of Takasu (1785-1804; r. 1801–1804) ** Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603-1661) *** Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622-1695) **** Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661-1687) ***** Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680-1735) ****** Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705-1730) *******Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728-1766) ********Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751-1805) ********* IX. Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu (1776-1832; r. 1804–1832) ********** X. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu (1800-1862; r. 1832–1850) *********** XI. Matsudaira Yoshichika, 11th Lord of Takasu (later Tokugawa Mochinaga, 10th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head) (1831-1884; r. 1850–1858) ************ XII. Matsudaira Yoshimasa, 12th Lord of Takasu (1858-1860; r. 1858–1860) *********** XIII. Matsudaira Yoshitake, 13th Lord of Takasu (1859-1891; r. 1860–1869)

References

*Kobiyama, Rokurō (2005). ''Shashinshū: Matsudaira Katamori no shōgai''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
"Takasu-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML''
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