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. He was so successful in his efforts that he was rewarded with a larger domain at Kawagoe in

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in 1607, and Tanaka Domain reverted to direct Shogunal control. Tanaka Domain was then given to Matsudaira Tadashige, with its ''kokudaka'' increased to 25,000 ''koku'' in 1633. However, Tadashige was transferred to

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two years later, and his place was taken

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, with ''kokudaka'' of 45,000 ''koku''. The

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was subsequently replaced by the Fujii-Matsudaira, Hōjō,

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,

Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its keyhole-shaped burial mounds, or kofun, which date from the fifth century and incl ...

, Tsuchiya, Ōta, Naitō, and Toki clans until Tanaka Domain finally came under the rule of the Honda clan in 1730. The Honda continued to rule Tanaka Domain over seven generations, until the

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of 1868. After the final Tokugawa Shōgun,

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, surrendered his title to

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, he relocated from Edo to Sumpu, with the provinces of Suruga,

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*, Japane ...

and Mikawa assigned as his personal domains. Tanaka Domain was included within the area of the new

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. Thus, in September 1868, Tanaka Domain officially ceased to exist. The final ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain, Honda Masamori, received the new (and short-lived) domain of

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in Awa province in exchange for his previous holdings, and took steps to relocate to that location before the

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in 1871.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the

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, Tanaka Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the 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

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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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**33 villages in Katsushika District **10 villages in Soma District *

Suruga Province was an old province in the area that is today the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture. Suruga bordered on Izu, Kai, Sagami, Shinano, and Tōtōmi provinces; and was bordered by the Pacific Ocean through Suruga Bay to the south. Its abbrevia ...

**6 villages in Suntō District **57 villages in Shida District **20 villages in Mashizu District

List of daimyō

:

Honda Masanori

was the 3rd ''daimyō'' of

Numata Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Numata Castle in what is now the city of Numata, Gunma. History Following the Battle of ...

in

Kōzuke Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Gunma Prefecture. Kōzuke bordered by Echigo, Shinano, Musashi and Shimotsuke Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Kōzuke was ran ...

and 1st Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. The son of a

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, he was adopted as heir to Honda Masatake in 1713 and became ''daimyō'' on the latter's death in 1721. In 1723, he served as ''

sōshaban were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Conventional interpretations have construed this Japanese title as "master of ceremonies" Created in 1632, this '' bakufu'' title identified an official selected from the ranks of the ...

'' in the shogun's court. In 1730, he was ordered to relocate to Tanaka Domain in Suruga Province, with the same nominal ''

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 ...

'' of 40,000 ''

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''.

Honda Masayoshi

was the 2nd Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Masayoshi was the third son of Honda Masanori. He was presented in formal audience to the

Shōgun , officially , was the title of the military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally appointed by the Emperor, shoguns were usually the de facto rulers of the country, though during part of the Kamakur ...

in 1725, and received the

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of ''Kii-no-kami''. He became ''daimyō'' on his father's death in 1735. In 1737, he served as ''

sōshaban were officials of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Conventional interpretations have construed this Japanese title as "master of ceremonies" Created in 1632, this '' bakufu'' title identified an official selected from the ranks of the ...

'' in the shogun's court and in 1739 he was appointed ''

Jisha-bugyō was a "commissioner" or an "overseer" of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo period Japan. Appointments to this prominent office were always ''fudai daimyōs'', the lowest-ranking of the shogunate offices to be so restricted.Beasley, William G. (1955) ...

''. In 1746, he promoted to ''

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'' and received the courtesy title of ''Hōki-no-kami'' and the honorific title of chamberlain in 1747. he resigned his posts in 1758 due to accusations of mishandling a major peasant uprising in

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and was ordered the shave his head in atonement. He retired in 1773 and died in 1768. His grave is at the temple of Renshō-ji in Fujieda. His wife was a daughter of

Matsudaira Nobutoki was a ''daimyō'' during mid-Edo period Japan. Biography Matsudaira Nobutoki was the eldest son of Matsudaira Nobuteru, the ''daimyō'' of Koga Domain in Shimōsa Province. He was given the adult name of Nobutaka in 1694, and did not change hi ...

of

Yoshida Domain was a Japanese feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Mikawa Province located in eastern Mikawa Province (modern-day eastern Aichi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Yoshida Castle in what is now the cit ...

.

Honda Masatomo

was the 3rd Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Masatomo was born in Edo as the second son of Honda Masayoshi, and became heir on the death of his eldest brother in 1757. He was presented in formal audience to the Shōgun in 1761, and received the courtesy title of ''Kii-no-kami''. He became ''daimyō'' on his father's retirement in 1773. Although he encouraged the development of

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within the domain, he died after a short tenure in 1777. His grave is at the temple of Tokuhon-ji in

Asakusa is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is known as the location of the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon. There are several other temples in Asakusa, as well as various festivals, such as the . History The ...

, Tokyo. He did not have a formal wife.

Honda Masaharu

was the 4th Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Masaharu was born in Edo as the eldest son of Honda Masatomo, and became ''daimyō'' on the death of his father in 1777. Due to his youth, the shogunate appointed his uncle, Kuroda Naokuni, as regent. He was presented in formal audience to the Shōgun in 1782, and received the courtesy title of ''Hōki-no-kami''. The shogunate ordered Tanaka Domain to take control of Sagara Castle after the dispossession of

Tanuma Okitsugu (September 11, 1719, in Edo, Japan – August 25, 1788, in Edo) was a chamberlain (''sobashū'') and a senior counselor (''rōjū'') to the ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Ieharu of the Tokugawa Shogunate, in the Edo period of Japan. Tanuma and his s ...

in 1787.In 1798 he changed his name from Masatoku to Masaharu. In 1794, he brought

Kishu mikan The kishu mikan (''Citrus kinokuni'' ex Tanaka) is a hybrid variety of mikan, or mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), found in Southern China and also grown in Japan. It is not closely related to the common sweet orange, but it is closel ...

trees from

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to his domain, establishing the start of the orange industry in Shizuoka. In 1799, the shogunate ordered him to reconstruct Edo's

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. However, due to a peasant's revolt in his domain, he retired from office in 1800. He died in 1831 and his grave is at the temple of Tokuhon-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo. His wife was a daughter of Nagao Naoyoshi of Takatsuka Domain.

Honda Masaoki

was the 5th Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Masaoki was born in Edo as the eldest son of Honda Masaharu. Masaharu had divorced his wife earlier that year, not realizing that she was pregnant and Masaoki was born at the Nagai clan's Edo residence. After he received word of the birth, he agreed to take Masaoki as his heir. He became ''daimyō'' on his father's retirement in 1800. In 1808, he served as ''

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'' in the shogun's court. He was noted for encouraging education within the domain, including financial incentives similar to a modern scholarship program for people with financial difficulties; however, this applied only to the samurai class, and the peasants rose in revolt again in 1816 after a typhoon resulted in a crop failure. In 1822, he was appointed ''

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'' and in 1825 was promoted to ''

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'', with his courtesy title changed to ''Tōtōmi-no-kami''. He died in 1829 and his grave is at the temple of Tokuhon-ji in Asakusa, Tokyo. HIs wife was a daughter of Toda Takanaka of

Utsunomiya Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimotsuke Province (modern-day Tochigi Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Utsunomiya Castle in what is now part of the city of Utsunomiya. Utsunomiya was ruled ...

.

Honda Masahiro

was the 6th Honda ''daimyō'' of Tanaka Domain. Masaoki was born in Edo as the eldest son of Honda Masaoki and became ''daimyō'' on his father's death in 1829. During his tenure he attempted to reform the financial situation of the domain through planting new crops, encouraging wood, oil and charcoal production and domain monopolies on certain goods. In 1836, he served as ''

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'' and in 1837 he opened a

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. He also modernized the domain's military forces by creating a rifle brigade and by purchasing artillery. The domain suffered considerable damage during the 1854 Tōkai earthquake. He died in 1860 at the age of 53. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaira Naritaka of

Tsuyama Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Mimasaka Province in modern-day Okayama Prefecture.Honda Masahiro, and became ''daimyō'' on his brother's death in 1860. After the

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, he was forced to relocate from Tanaka to newly created

Nagao Domain was a Japanese feudal domain of the early Meiji period, located in Awa Province. It was centered at what is now the Shirahama area of the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba in Chiba Prefecture. History In 1867, during the Meiji Restoration, the final ...

in Awa province, with the same nominal revenue of 40,000 ''

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''. He retired in 1870 and died in 1885.

References

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History

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

List of daimyō

Honda Masanori

Honda Masayoshi

Honda Masatomo

Honda Masaharu

Honda Masaoki

Honda Masahiro

See also

References

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