270px, Oooka Tadataka, final daimyo of Nishi-Ōhira Domain was a Japanese feudal domain of the

Edo period The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...

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, located in Nukata District

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(part of modern-day

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. It was centered on what is now part of the city of

Okazaki, Aichi is a Cities of Japan, city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 386,999 in 164,087 households, and a population density of 999 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Okazaki is in the ...

History

Ōoka Tadasuke was a Japanese samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. During the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, as a magistrate () of Edo, his roles included chief of police, judge and jury, and Yamada Magistrate () prior to his tenure as South Ma ...

, the famous magistrate who had served the 9th Tokugawa ''

shōgun , officially , was the title of the military rulers 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, except during parts of the Kamak ...

'',

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. Yoshimune is know ...

, and who had successfully carried out the

Kyōhō Reforms The were an array of economic and cultural policies introduced by the Tokugawa shogunate between 1722–1730 during the Edo period to improve its political and social status. These reforms were instigated by the eighth Tokugawa ''shōgun'' of Ja ...

received an additional 4,000 ''

koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. One koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about of rice. It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1,000 gō. One ''gō'' is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before co ...

'' in revenue on his promotion to ''

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 1748. This put him over the 10,000 ''koku'' requirement to be styled as ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

'', and he received the newly created fief of Nishi-Ōhira as his domain. However, he never relocated to his new territory, and resided in

Edo Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the '' de facto'' capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogu ...

to his death in 1757. Nishi-Ōhira Domain was not a single contiguous territory, but consisted of several widely scattered holdings: in addition to 12 villages in Nukata District, the territory consisted of 5 villages in Kamo District, 5 villages in Hoi District, 2 villages in Omi District in Mikawa, 3 villages in Ichihara District,

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and the original 2 villages of the Ōoka clan in Kōza District,

Sagami Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Kanagawa''" at . Sagami Province bordered the provinces of Izu Province, Izu ...

. The domain was inherited by Ōoka Tadasuke's heirs after his death, but it was not until 1748, during the tenure of his grandson,

Ōoka Tadatsune may refer to: Location * * Surname * (1677–1752), Japanese judge, known in English juvenile literature as "Ooka the Wise" or "Solomon in Kimono" * (1909–1988), an author * (1931–2017), a poet See also * Oka (disambiguation) ...

, that a ''

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'' ho ...

'' fortified residence was built in Nishi-Ōhira to be the nominal capital of the domain. Due to its special relationship with the Tokugawa shogunate, the Ōoka clan was one of the few clans exempted from the '' sankin kōtai'' regulations, and lived in their Edo residence full-time. The graves of all of the ''daimyō'' of Nishi-Ōhira are located at the Ōoka clan temple of Jōken-ji in

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. During the

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, Nishi-Ōhira remained loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate, but after the

Battle of Toba–Fushimi The occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. The battle started on 27 January 1868 (or fourth year of Keiō, first month, 3rd day, according to the lunar calendar), when the forces of the sho ...

in the

Boshin War The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Impe ...

, capitulated to the new

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. After the

abolition of the han system The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Under the reform, all daimyos (, ''daimyō'', feudal lords) ...

in July 1871, it became “Nishi-Ōhira Prefecture”, which later became part of Aichi Prefecture. The domain had a population of 6,945 people in 1709 households per an 1869 census. It maintained its Edo residence '' kamiyashiki'' in Sakuradamon.Edo daimyo.net

List of daimyōs

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

** Hekkai District - 2 villages ** Nukata District - 12 villages ** - 5 villages ** Baoi County - 5 villages **

** Koza District - 2 villages **

** Ichihara District - 3 villages

Nishiōhira Domain

The Nishiōhira Domain (西大平藩) is a domain that is located in Nishihata Village, Hekikai County,

( Kosai-cho, Hekinan City,

). The head clan of the lord of the domain was the lord of Nishibata Village since the

. 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 H ...

, ruled Ina Castle in Hoi County, Mikawa Province during the Sengoku period.

Honda Tadatsugu was a Japanese military commander of the early Edo period who served Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was one of Ieyasu's most trusted retainers. With Ieyasu, he attacked the Yoshida Castle in Mikawa Province was an Provinces of Japan, old province in ...

, who served

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

as the lord of Ina Castle, adopted Honda Yasutoshi, the second son of

Sakai Tadatsugu was one of the most favored and most successful military commanders serving Tokugawa Ieyasu in the late Sengoku period. Serving as the highest-ranking general in the Tokugawa clan along with Ishikawa Kazumasa, Tadatsugu is also regarded as o ...

and the daughter of

Matsudaira Kiyoyasu was the 7th lord over the Matsudaira clan during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. Kiyoyasu was the paternal grandfather of the third "great unifier of Japan", Tokugawa Ieyasu. Biography Kiyoyasu gained control of the whole of northe ...

( Princess Usui), as his mother and succeeded him. In the

Siege of Osaka A siege () . is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault. Siege warfare (also called siegecrafts or poliorcetics) is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict charact ...

in 1615, Tadasuke went to the front with his father Yasutoshi the lord of the

Nishio Domain was a feudal domain of the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in former Mikawa Province, in what is now the modern-day city of Nishio in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was centered on Nishio Castle. History When Tokugawa Ieyasu bec ...

with 20,000 koku. His father Yasutoshi was transferred to

Zeze Domain was a '' fudai'' feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in southern Ōmi Province, in the Kansai region of central Honshu. The domain was centered at Zeze Castle, located on the shore of Lake Biwa in w ...

in 1617. In 1630, 1,500 koku was added and 1000 koku was added in Kozuko and

Shimotsuke Province was a Provinces of Japan, province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today Tochigi Prefecture.Louis-Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''SHimotsuke''" in . Shimotsuke was bordered by Kōzuke Province, Kōzuke, Hitachi Province, ...

, and a total of 9,000 koku was acquired. In February 1869, Tadayuki reformed the domain administration organization and established the Legislative and Political Bureau, Accounting Bureau, Military Affairs Bureau, School Bureau. On July 14, 1871, the Nishibata Domain was abolished due to the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, and the West End Prefecture was established. Due to the integration of prefectures at the end of the same year, the domain was abolished and incorporated into

Nukata Prefecture was a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan, comprising the former Mikawa Province and the Chita Peninsula. It was merged into Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aich ...

and eventually was incorporated into

Holdings at the end of the Edo Period

** Hekikai County - 5 villages ** Ueno Country ** Nitta County - 6 villages ** Oura County - 1 village ***

** Aso County - 1 village ***

** Shuhuai County - 4 villages ** Busha County - 3 villages *** Shimosa Province ** Katori County - 2 villages ** Sosa County - 3 villages ** Musashi County ** Tama County - 6 villages ***

Izu Province was a province of Japan in the area now part of Shizuoka Prefecture and Tokyo. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Izu''" in . Izu bordered on Sagami and Suruga Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was . The mainland portion of Izu Prov ...

** Tagata County - 4 villages ** Kamo County - 2 villages

List of daimyo

References

External links

Nishi- Ōhira on "Edo 300 HTML"

Notes

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