Obi Domain
| Obi Domain 飫肥藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1617–1871 | |
 Obi Castle Otemon | |
 Ito clan | |
| Capital | Obi Castle |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 31°37′44.78″N 131°21′1.09″E / 31.6291056°N 131.3503028°E |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1617 |
| 1871 | |
| Contained within | |
| • Hyuga Province | |
| Today part of | Miyazaki Prefecture |
Obi Domain (飫肥藩, Obi-han) was a
History
In the late
The third daimyō, Sukehisa, distributed 3,000 koku to his younger brother, Suketoyo in 1636, and the fourth daimyō, Sukemichi, distributed 3,000 koku to his younger brother, Sukeharu, in 1657. After that, the kokudaka of the domain remained at 51,000 koku. The territory had little arable land and was surrounded by mountains, forests and beaches. In the 1600s, the domain began cultivating Japanese cedar cuttings developing forestry as a major scope of income. Even today, Obi cedar is thriving as a specialty of this area. At the same time, fishing also played a role in the domain's finances.
The 11th daimyō, Suketami, established a
In 1871, due to the abolition of the han system, the domain became Obi Prefecture, and subsequently part of "Miyakonojō Prefecture", "Miyazaki Prefecture", and Kagoshima Prefecture, and was incorporated into the re-established Miyazaki Prefecture. The Ito clan was elevated to the kazoku peerage with the title of viscount in 1884.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
As with most domains in the
- Hyūga Province
- 36 villages in Naka District
- 4 villages in Miyazaki District
- In addition, 2 villages in Miyazaki, 7 villages in Kitanaka and 5 villages in Minaminaka Districts which were tenryōterritory were entrusted to Obi.
List of daimyō
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Tozama)1 Itō Suketake (伊東祐兵) 1587 - 1600 Bungo-no-kami (豊後守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 57,000 koku 2 Itō Sukenori (伊東祐慶) 1600 - 1636 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 57,000 koku 3 Itō Sukehisa (伊東祐久) 1636 - 1657 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 57,000 --> 54,000 koku 4 Itō Sukemichi (伊東祐由) 1657 - 1661 Sakyō-no-suke (左京亮) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 54,000 --> 51,000 koku 5 Itō Sukezane (伊東祐実) 1661 - 1714 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 6 Itō Sukenaga (伊東祐永) 1714 - 1739 Shuri-no-suke (修理亮) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 7 Itō Sukeyuki (伊東祐之) 1739 - 1744 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 8 Itō Suketaka (伊東祐隆) 1744 - 1757 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 9 Itō Sukeyoshi (伊東祐福) 1757 - 1781 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 10 Itō Sukeatsu (伊東祐鐘) 1781 - 1798 Sakyō-no-suke (修理亮) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 11 Itō Suketami (伊東祐民) 1798 - 1812 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 12 Itō Sukehiro (伊東祐丕) 1812 - 1814 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 13 Itō Suketomo (伊東祐相) 1814 - 1869 Sakyō-no-daibu (右京大夫) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 51,000 koku 14 Itō Sukeyori (伊東祐帰) 1869 - 1871 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Upper 4th Rank (正四位) 51,000 koku
See also
- List of Han
- Abolition of the han system
References
- ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
- ISBN 978-4490106510.
- ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
- ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
- ^ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
