The Takatori Domain (高取藩, ''Takatori-han'') was a feudal domain located in Yamato Province, in what is now Takatori-cho, Takaichi-gun, Nara Prefecture. The domain's administrative center was

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270px, Uemura Ieyasu, the 13th ''daimyō'' of Takatori Domain 270px, Uemura Iehiro, final ''daimyō'' of Takatori Domain

History

From the Sengoku period to the Azuchi-Momoyama period, Yamato Province was ruled by Tsutsui Junkei, who served under

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, but after Junkei's death, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who took control of Japan, sent Junkei's successor Tsutsui Sadatsugu to

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. Honda Toshimasa, who succeeded Toshihisa, served Hideyoshi, but at the

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, he sided with the eastern army and fought bravely against the western army that attacked Yamato Province, and was awarded 20,000 yen for his military service.

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, the son of

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, demonstrated his military prowess by serving on the Tokugawa side during the Siege of Osaka and contributing to the restoration and construction of Osaka Castle and the Great Pagoda on Mt. Koya. In collaboration with Oda Nagayoshi, the lord of Shibamura Domain, they suppressed former shogunate territories in Yamato. The final daimyo, Uemura Iehiro, became an imperial governor due to the Meiji Restoration. In 1871, with the abolition of domains and establishment of prefectures, he resigned, leading to the dissolution of the Takatori Domain. Following the dissolution, Takatori was incorporated into Nara Prefecture through

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Holdings at the end of the Edo period

* Yamato **Kuzugami-gun - 3 villages **Kuzushimo-gun - 2 villages **Takaichi County - 79 villages **Toichi-gun - 1 village **Yoshino-gun - 1 village

List of ''daimyō''

References

External links

*https://travel.gaijinpot.com/takatori-castle-ruins/ *https://kansai-odyssey.com/takatori-castle-the-strongest-castle-in-japan/ *https://www.jcastle.info/view/Takatori_Castle {{Authority control Domains of Japan

History

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

List of ''daimyō''

See also

References

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