was the 9th ''

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'' of

Shibata Domain was a '' tozama'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Echigo Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Shibata Castle, located in what is now the city of Shibata in Niigata Prefecture. It was r ...

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(modern-day

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). His

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was '' Izumo-no-kami,'' and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade.

Biography

Mizoguchi Naotoki was the grandson of

Mizoguchi Naoatsu was the 7th ''daimyō'' of Shibata Domain in Echigo Province, Japan (modern-day Niigata Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Izumo-no-kami,'' and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Biography Mizoguchi Naoatsu was the fourth ...

and was adopted by his uncle

Mizoguchi Naoyasu was the 8th ''daimyō'' of Shibata Domain in Echigo Province, Japan (modern-day Niigata Prefecture). His courtesy title was '' Shūzen-no-kami,'' and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Biography Mizoguchi Naoyasu was the illeg ...

as his successor in 1786. His mother was a daughter of

Matsudaira Tadachika was a Japanese '' fudai daimyō'' of the Edo period. He was highly influential in the Tokugawa shogunate under Shōgun Ieshige.Screech, Timon. (2006). ''Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779–1822'', p. 241 n74. Tadac ...

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. Due to his youth, Naoyasu continued to rue the domain from retirement. He was received in formal audience by

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in 1788. However, in 1789, the domain was ordered to exchange 20,000 ''

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'' of its territories in

with an equivalent ''

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. 5 ...

'' of territory scattered widely across three districts of Mutsu Province. Although the nominal ''kokudaka'' was the same, this discontiguous territories were remote, unimproved and this order was thus a tremendous financial burden on the domain. Naotoki died in Edo in 1802 at the age of 26. His grave is at the temple of

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in Tokyo. Naoyasu was married to a daughter of Sagawa Nagahiro of

Hitoyoshi Domain 270px, Sagara Yorimoto, final daimyo of Hitoyoshi Domain was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was centered around Hitoyoshi Castle in what is now the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto and was ruled by the ''tozama daimyō'' Sagara clan fo ...

, and had 2 sons and 1 daughter.

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