Ichinoseki Domain

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Ichinoseki Domain
一関藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1660–1671
1681–1871

Map of Ichinoseki Domain in the late Edo period in light green, Sendai Domain holdings in dark green
CapitalIchinoseki jin'ya
Area
 • Coordinates40°30′53.1″N 141°29′16.3″E / 40.514750°N 141.487861°E / 40.514750; 141.487861
 • Type
Daimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1660
• Annexed by Sendai Domain
1671
• Split from Sendai Domain
1681
• Abolished
1871
Today part ofpart of Iwate Prefecture

Ichinoseki Domain (一関藩, Ichinoseki-han) was a

Honshū. The domain was centered at Ichinoseki jin'ya, located in the center of what is now the city of Ichinoseki in Iwate Prefecture
.

History

Ichinoseki Domain (Date clan)

The first Ichinoseki Domain was created in 1660 for Date Munekatsu, the 10th son of Date Masamune, although a fortification had existed at Ichinoseki since the Muromachi period. It was a subsidiary domain to Sendai Domain. However, Data Munekatsu was a central figure in the Date Sōdō, an O-Ie Sōdō over the succession to the Date clan and was dispossessed in 1671, with his holdings reverting to Sendai Domain.

Iwanuma Domain

Iwanuma Domain was another 30,000

Tamura Tatsuaki
moved his seat from Iwamura to the vacant seat of Ichinoseki in 1681.

Ichinoseki Domain (Tamura clan)

In 1681, the second daimyō of Iwanuma, Tamura Tatsuaki relocated his seat to Ichinoseki. Tatsuaki was the great-grandson of Date Masamune, and was especially favoured by shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, and despite his tozama status enjoyed many of the privileges accorded to a fudai daimyō.

The Tamura clan continued to rule Ichinoseki until the

Meiji restoration. However, their position was somewhat ambiguous. Although treated by the Tokugawa shogunate as completely independent, Ichinoseki never received a formal document from the shogunate authorizing its han status. On the other hand, Sendai Domain still regarded Ichinoseki has part of its own territory, and Ichinoseki was compelled to abide by Date clan house rules. This meant that Ichinoseki was not able to issue its own laws and regulations. The situation of Ichinoseki was further complicated by the fact that it was not a unitary territory, but consisted of two areas separated by the Kitakami River
and several Date-held territories in between.

As commemorated in the story of the Chūshingura, Asano Naganori was invited to commit seppuku while being held under house arrest at the Tamura's Edo residence over the incident at the Matsu no Ōrōka in Edo Castle where he drew his sword against Kira Yoshinaka.

During the

Bakumatsu period, an Ichinoseki doctor was influential in the establishment of a medical school in Sendai in 1822.[2]

During the

Tamura Takaaki, the final daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain was given the kazoku peerage titles of shishaku (viscount
).

List of daimyōs

# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Notes
tozama
) 1660–1671
1 Date Munekatsu (伊達宗勝) 1660–1671 Hyōbu-no-daisuke (兵部大輔) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
Tamura clan (tozama) 1681–1871
1
Tamura Tatsuaki
(田村建顕)		 1681–1708 Ukyō-no-daifu (右京大夫); Inaba-no-kami (因幡守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
2
Tamura Nobuaki
(田村建顕)		 1708–1727 Shimōsa-no-kami (下総守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
3
Tamura Muraaki
(田村村顕)		 1727–1755 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
4
Tamura Murataka
(田村村隆)		 1755–1782 Shimōsa-no-kami (下総守); Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
5
Tamura Murasuke
(田村村資)		 1782–1798 Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
6
Tamura Muneaki
(田村宗顕)		 1798–1827 Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫); Ukyō-no-daifu (右京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
7
Tamura Kuniaki
(田村邦顕)		 1828–1840 Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
8
Tamura Kuniyuki
(田村邦行)		 1840–1857 Ukyō-no-daifu (右京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku
9
Tamura Yukiaki
(田村通顕)		 1857–1863 Mimasaka-no-kami (美作守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank Lower Grade (従四位下) 30,000 koku
10 Tamura Kuniyoshi (田村邦栄) 1863–1868 Sakyō-no-daifu (左京大夫) 5th Rank, Lower Grade (五位下) 30,000 koku
11
Tamura Takaaki
(田村崇顕)		 1868–1871 Ukyō-no-daifu (右京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 koku

Tamura Tatsuaki

Tamura Tatsuaki (田村建顕, 30 June 1656 – 18 February 1708) was the second and final daimyō of Iwanuma Domain and first Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Tatsuaki. In 1693, he received the additional honor of being styled as castellan, although his domain was only ranked that of a jin'ya. In 1694, his younger brother was elevated to the ranks of the hatamoto. He was married to the daughter of Matsudaira Chikayoshi, from Matsue Domain, but as he had no sons, he adopted the son of a hatamoto to be his heir. In 1701, in the aftermath of the famous Chūshingura incident, he was assigned custody of Asano Naganori, who later committed seppuku at the Ichinoseki Domain's residence in Edo.[4]
In 1705, he received the courtesy title of Inaba-no-kami. He died at age 53, and his grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.

Tamura Nobuaki

Tamura Nobuaki (田村誠顕, 21 March 1670 – 23 August 1727) was the 2nd Tamuradaimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Muraaki
.

Tamura Muraaki

Tamura Muraaki (田村村顕, 23 June 1707 – 8 September 1755) was the 3rd Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.[3] His courtesy title was Oki-no-kami (later Sakyō-no-daifu), and his Court rank was Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade. Muraaki was the 2nd son of

Date Muneyoshi, daimyō of Uwajima Domain. In October, 1726 he was adopted as heir to Ichinoseki Domain by Tamura Nobuaki, and became daimyō on the latter's death the following year. He had an uneventful tenure, which is fortunate as contemporary records indicate that he spent most his time at falconry and hunting. At the time of his death at the age of 49 in 1755, he had only a young daughter, so the fifth son of Date Yoshimura
, daimyō of Sendai Domain was posthumously adopted as his successor. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.

Tamura Murataka

Tamura Murataka (田村村隆, 21 June 1737 – 19 March 1782) was the 4th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Murasuke
. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.

Tamura Murasuke

Tamura Murasuke (田村村資, 15 February 1763 – 14 December 1808) was the 5th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Muneaki
. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.

Tamura Muneaki

Tamura Muneaki (田村宗顕, 19 June 1784 – 25 December 1827) was the 6th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Omi Province. In 1793, Muneaki returned to Ishinoseki as heir to Tamura Murasuke, who effectively retired in 1798. At this time, he was called Tamura Takaaki (田村敬顕). He married Murasuke's daughter in 1802 and took the name of Muneaki in 1808. The domain continued to suffer from repeated crop failures, and the domain finances were further complicated by orders from the shogunate to contribute to the defenses of the frontier of Ezo
. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Shoun-ji in Ichinoseki.

Tamura Kuniaki

Tamura Kuniaki (田村邦顕, 12 February 1817 – 18 September 1840) was the 7th daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

genpuku ceremony at the Sendai Domain's hamayashiki in 1829, with Date Narikuni as master of ceremonies, and received the kanji
of kuni in his name at that time. The domain continued to suffer from repeated crop failures, and financial problems during his tenure. On his death at the age of 25, he was childless, and his younger brother was posthumously adopted to maintain the family line. His grave is at the clan mortuary temple of Tōzen-ji in Takanawa, Edo.

Tamura Kuniyuki

Tamura Kuniyuki (田村邦行, 31 August 1820 – 14 March 1857) was the 8th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Kuniaki on the latter's death in 1840, becoming daimyō. He changed his name to Tamura Kuniaki (行顕) at that time. In 1841, he changed his name again, this time to Kuniyuki. The same year, he married the daughter of the daimyō of Inuyama Domain, Naruse Masanaga
. During his tenure, he reformed the domain's finances, undertook land reform, and rebuilt the domain academy, emphasizing medical science. He also took steps to modernize the domain's military by introducing more modern firearms. Regarded as an able ruler, he died at the age of 38 and his grave is at the clan temple of Tōzen-ji, in Tamanawa, Tokyo.

Tamura Yukiaki

Tamura Yukiaki (田村邦行, 16 July 1850 – 17 July 1867) was the 9th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Kuniyuki and became daimyō in 1857 on the latter's death. However, in 1863 he was adopted by Date Yoshikuni to become heir to Sendai Domain and changed his name to Date Mochimura. This left Ichinoseki without a ruler. Initially, Date Kunishige from a junior branch of the Date clan was proposed, but this was strongly opposed by the domain leadership, and Tamura Kuniyoshi
, the son of a Date clan hatamoto Ishikawa Yoshimitsu was selected instead. However, Yukiaki died at the age of 18 at the Date clan's Edo residence, and thus did not become daimyō of Sendai. His grave is at the Date clan temple of Dainen-ji, in Sendai.

Tamura Kuniyoshi

Main article: Tamura Kuniyoshi

Tamura Kuniyoshi (田村邦栄) (July 7, 1852 – February 26, 1887) was the 10th Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Tamura Takaaki. His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery
in Tokyo.

Tamura Takaaki

Tamura Takaaki (田村崇顕, 24 December 1858 – 11 December 1922) was the 11th and final Tamura daimyō of Ichinoseki Domain.

Annapolis
. His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the

cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[6][7]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ravina, Mark. (1998). Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan, p. 222.
  2. ^ Goodman, Grant Kohn. (2000). Japan and the Dutch, 1600-1853, p. 160.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
  4. ISBN 978-4770031426
    .
  5. ^ Onodera, p. 134.
  6. ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
  7. ^ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.

References

  • Papinot, E. (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

External links

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