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 ...
of
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 characte ...
Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around the Yamasaki ''
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 town of
Yamasaki, Hyōgo was a town in Shisō District, Hyōgo, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 25,629 and a density of 143.27 persons per km2. The total area was 178.89 km2.
On April 1, 2005, Yamasaki, along with the towns of Chikusa, ...
. It was initially controlled by a cadet branch ''
tozama daimyō
was a class of powerful magnates or ''daimyō'' (大名) considered to be outsiders by the ruler of Japan.Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, ''Tozama daimyō'' were classified in the Tokugawa Shogunate (江戸幕府) as ''daimyō'' ...
''
Ikeda clan
was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from Minamoto no Yorimitsu (948-1021) of the Seiwa Genji. Minamoto no Yasumasa, the fourth generation descending from Yorimitsu, and younger brother of Minamoto no Yorimasa (1104-1180), was the first t ...
, but later came under the control of a cadet branch of the
Honda clan
The is a Japanese family that claims descent from the medieval court noble Fujiwara no Kanemichi. The family settled in Mikawa and served the Matsudaira clan as retainers. Later, when the main Matsudaira family became the Tokugawa clan, the Ho ...
. It was also called
History
In 1615, the 1st ''
daimyō
were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominal ...
'' of Okayama Domain, Ikeda Tadatsugu suddenly died at the age of 16 under somewhat suspicious circumstances. His mother,
Tokuhime Tokuhime may refer to:
* Tokuhime (Oda) (徳姫) (1559–1636), daughter of Oda Nobunaga; also known as Gotokuhime
* Tokuhime (Tokugawa) (督姫) (1565–1615), daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu
* (登久姫) (1576–1607), daughter of Matsudaira ...
was a daughter of
Tokugawa Ieyasu
was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...
, and she asked that 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 ...
separate out the 35,000 '' koku'' of his holdings in Harima Province as a separate domain for his younger brother, Ikeda Teruzumi. In 1631, Ikeda Teruzumi added an additional 30,000 ''koku'' from his younger brother,
Ikeda Teruoki
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. His position was given to Asano Naganao
was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. He was classified as a '' tozama'', and Akō under his r ...
from
Ako Domain Ako or AKO may refer to: Candace
Places
* Akō, Hyōgo, a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
* Akō District, Hyōgo, a district located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
* Ako, Cameroon, a town in Cameroon
*Ako, the Japanese name of Alexandrov ...
. However, soon afterwards the domain erupted into a civil war between the two chief ''
karō
were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the ''daimyōs'' of feudal Japan.
Overview
In the Edo period, the policy of ''sankin-kōtai'' (alternate attendance) required each ''daimyō'' to place a ''karō'' in Edo and anothe ...
'', Ogawa Shiroemon and Iori Iki. Takebe Masanaga of neighboring
Hayashida Domain
250px, Lecture Hall of Hayashida Domain han school
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered aro ...
unsuccessfully attempted an arbitration, and in 1640 the shogunate was forced to directly intervene, ordering the '' seppuku'' of 20 senior retainers. Under most circumstances, this would have included Ikeda Teruzumi himself, but since he was a grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he was demoted to a ''kokudaka'' of 10,000 ''koku'' and reassigned to
Shikano Domain
270px, Ikeda Yoshinori
270px, Front gate of the Tottori Domain residence in Edo
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now Tottori Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It controlled all of Inaba Prov ...
in
Inaba Province
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today the eastern part of Tottori Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Inaba bordered on Harima, Hōki, Mimasaka, and Tajima Provinces.
The ancient capital, and the castle town, were at Tott ...
. The Ikeda were replaced by Matsudaira Yasuteru, formerly of
Kishiwada Domain
was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Izumi Province in what is now the southern portion of modern-day Osaka Prefecture. It was centered around Kishiwada Castle and was controlled by the '' fudai dai ...
. He ruled from 1640 to his transfer to
Hamada Domain
The was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was associated with Iwami Province in modern-day Shimane Prefecture.Kōriyama Domain of
Yamato Province
was a province of Japan, located in Kinai, corresponding to present-day Nara Prefecture in Honshū. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2005). "Yamato" in . It was also called . Yamato consists of two characters, 大 "great", and 和 " Wa". At first, th ...
. The Honda ruled until the
Meiji restoration
The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ...
. The 8th ''daimyō'' Honda Tadachika opened 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 ...
Shisaikan" and made an effort to rebuild the clan's finances. However, after dispatching troops for the
First Chōshū expedition
The First Chōshū expedition ( ja, 第一次長州征討) was a punitive military expedition by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain in September–November 1864. The expedition was in retaliation for Chōshū's role in the attack ...
in the
Bakumatsu period
was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji govern ...
, the clan's finances were ruined, and as a result, it was not possible to dispatch troops to the
Second Chōshū expedition
The Second Chōshū expedition (Japanese: 第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War, was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain. It followed the First Chōshū expedition of 1864.
Background
Th ...
. At the time of the
Battle of Toba-Fushimi
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...
, the clan refused to participate due to lack of funds. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system, the domain became Yamasaki Prefecture, which was merged with Shikama Prefecture, which in turn became part of Hyogo Prefecture.
The clan was ennobled with the ''
kazoku
The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. They succeeded the feudal lords () and court nobles (), but were abolished with the 1947 constitution.
Kazoku ( 華族) should not be confused with ...
'' peerage title of ''shishaku'' (viscount) in 1884.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
As with most domains in the
han system
( ja, 藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the Estate (land), estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji (era), Meiji period (1868–1912).Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan En ...
, Yamasaki Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned '' kokudaka'', based on periodic
cadastral
A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref>
Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...
