Okayama Domain

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Okayama Domain
岡山藩
Domain of Japan
1600–1871
Okayama Castle
Mon of the Ikeda clan of Okayama Domain
CapitalOkayama Castle
Area
 • Coordinates34°39′54.65″N 133°56′9.79″E / 34.6651806°N 133.9360528°E / 34.6651806; 133.9360528
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1600
1871
Contained within
 • ProvinceBizen and part of Bitchū
Today part ofOkayama Prefecture
Okayama Domain is located in Okayama Prefecture
Okayama Domain
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Location of Okayama Castle
Okayama Domain is located in Japan
Okayama Domain
Okayama Domain (Japan)
Ikeda Akimasa
Auditorium of the Shizutani School
Kōraku-en

Okayama Domain (岡山藩, Okayama-han) was a

feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now eastern Okayama Prefecture on the island of Honshu. It controlled all of Bizen Province and a small portion of Bitchū Province was centered around Okayama Castle, and was ruled throughout its history by a branch of the Ikeda clan. Okayama Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.[1][2][3] Okayama Domain had two sub-domains, Kamogata Domain (鴨方藩) and Ikusaka Domain (生坂藩). In addition, six of the clans who served as hereditary karō
of the domain had kokudaka equivalents to that of daimyō.

History

During the

Meiji restoration
.

In 1644, Ikeda Mitsumasa was authorized to construct the

marquis
in 1884.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the

cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields, g.[4][5]

  • Bizen Province (entire province)
    • 108 villages in Shōtō District
    • 94 villages in Akasaka District
    • 62 villages in Mino District
    • 91 villages in Kojima District
    • 79 villages in Oku District
    • 89 villages in Wake District
    • 64 villages in Iwanashi District
    • 93 villages in Tsudaka District
  • Bitchū Province
    • 18 villages in Kuboya District
    • 11 villages in Asakuchi District
    • 3 villages in Kaya District
    • 9 villages in Katō District

List of daimyō

# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka [6]
Tozama
)
1 Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋) 1600 - 1602 Gon-chūnagon (権中納言) Third Rank (従三位) 510,000 koku
Shinpan
)
1 Ikeda Tadatsugu (池田忠継) 1603 - 1615 Saemon-no-kami (左衛門督); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 280,000 -> 380,000 koku
2 Ikeda Tadakatsu (池田忠雄) 1615 - 1632 Kunai-shōyū (宮内少輔) Upper 4th Rank, Lower Grade (正四位下) 380,000 -> 315,000 koku
Tozama
)
1 Ikeda Mitsumasa (池田光政) 1632 - 1672 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
2 Ikeda Tsunemasa (池田綱政) 1672 - 1714 Sakon'e-no-shōshō (左近衛少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
3 Ikeda Tsugumasa (池田継政) 1714 - 1752 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
4 Ikeda Munemasa (池田宗政) 1752 - 1764 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
5 Ikeda Harumasa (池田治政) 1764 - 1794 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
6 Ikeda Narimasa (池田斉政) 1794 - 1829 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
7 Ikeda Naritoshi (池田斉敏) 1829 - 1842 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
8 Ikeda Yoshimasa (池田慶政) 1842 - 1863 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 315,000 koku
9 Ikeda Mochimasa (池田茂政) 1863 - 1868 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将), Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) 315,000 koku
10 Ikeda Akimasa (池田章政) 1868 - 1871 Sakon'e-gon-shōshō (左近衛権少将), Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) 315,000 koku

Kamogata Domain

In 1672, Ikeda Mitsumasa gave 25,000 koku of new rice lands in Asakuchi and Kuboya Districts, Bitchū Province, to his second son, Ikeda Masamoto, and established a cadet branch of the clan. A

Asakuchi, Okayama; however, its nominal daimyō lived within the jōkamachi
of Okayama. The domain existed primarily as "insurance" to prevent attainder of the parent domain should the ruling daimyō die without a successor. Throughout its history, it was known as Okayama Shinden Domain (岡山新田藩), becoming "Kamogata Domain" only after the Meiji restoration.

Ikusaka Domain

In 1672, Ikeda Mitsumasa gave 15,000 koku of new rice lands in Kuboya District, Bitchū Province, to his third son, Ikeda Terutoshi, and established a cadet branch of the clan. It existed as a "paper domain" throughout most of the Edo period with its revenues coming from the treasury of the parent domain, and its nominal daimyō lived within the jōkamachi of Okayama. Domain administration was non-existent, with officials dispatched from Okayama Domain in charge of domain affairs. The domain existed primarily as "insurance" to prevent attainder of the parent domain should the ruling daimyō die without a successor. Throughout its history, it was known as Okayama Shinden Domain (岡山新田藩), becoming "Ikusaka Domain" only after the Meiji restoration.

Genealogy (simplified; Ikeda clan – Okayama)

  • Ikeda Tsuneoki (1536–1584)
    • Terumasa, 1st daimyō of Himeji (1565–1613)
      • Toshitaka, 2nd daimyō of Himeji (1584–1616)
        • I. Mitsumasa, 1st daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation. cr. 1632) (1609–1682; r. 1632–1672)
          • II. Tsunamasa, 2nd daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1638–1714; r. 1672–1714)
            • III. Tsugumasa, 3rd daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1702–1776; r. 1714–1752)
              • IV. Munemasa, 4th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1727–1764; r. 1752–1764)
                • V. Harumasa, 5th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1750–1819; r. 1764–1794)
                  • VI. Narimasa, 6th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1773–1833; r. 1794–1829)
                • Sagara Nagahiro, 12th daimyō of Hitoyoshi (1752–1813)
                  • Sagara Yorinori, 13th daimyō of Hitoyoshi (1774–1856)
                    • Sagara Yoriyuki, 14th daimyō of Hitoyoshi (1798–1850)
                      • X. Akimasa, 10th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) 1st Marquess (1836–1903; r. 1868–1869, Governor of Okayama: 1869–1871, Marquess: 1884)
                        • Norimasa, 13th family head and 2nd Marquess (1865–1909; 11th family head and 2nd Marquess: 1903–1909)
                          • Tadamasa, 14th family head and 3rd Marquess (1895–1920; 12th family head and 3rd Marquess: 1909–1920).
                          • Nobumasa, 15th family head and 4th Marquess (1904–1988; 13th family head and 4th Marquess: 1920–1947, 13th family head: 1947–1988)
                            • Takamasa, 16th family head (1926–2012; 14th family head: 1988–2012). m. Princess Atsuko of the Imperial House of Japan (b. 1931). No issue; the family became extinct after his death.
      • I. Tadatsugu, 1st daimyō of Okayama (1st creation. cr. 1603) (1599–1615; r. 1603–1615)
      • II. Tadakatsu, 2nd daimyō of Okayama (1st creation) (1602–1632; r. 1615–1632)
        • III. Mitsunaka, 3rd daimyō of Okayama (1st creation), 1st daimyō of Tottori (3rd creation) (1630–1693; r. 1632)
          • Nakazumi, 1st daimyō of Tottori-Shinden (1650–1722)
            • Yoshiyasu, 3rd daimyō of Tottori (3rd creation) (1687–1739)
              • Muneyasu, 4th daimyō of Tottori (3rd creation) (1717–1747)
                • Shigenobu, 5th daimyō of Tottori (3rd creation) (1746–1783)
                  • Harumichi, 6th daimyō of Tottori (3rd creation) (1768–1798)
                    • Iyohime Chikako (1792–1824) m. Shimazu Narioki, 10th daimyō of Satsuma (1791–1859)
                      • VII. Naritoshi, 7th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1811–1842; r. 1829–1842)
    • Motosuke (1559–1584)
      • Yoshiyuki (1577–1618)
        • Yoshinari (1605–1676)
          • Yoshitaka (1641–1696)
            • Yoshimichi (1681–1743)
              • Masamichi, 3rd daimyō of Kamogata (1714–1792)
                • Masanao, 5th daimyō of Kamogata (1746–1818)
                  • Masami, 6th daimyō of Kamogata (1772–1819)
                    • Masayoshi, 8th daimyō of Kamogata (1811–1847)
                      • Utako (1830–1877) m. VIII. Yoshimasa, 8th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1823–1893; r. 1842–1863. Son of the 5th daimyō of Nakatsu.)
                        • Hisako (1848-1868) m. IX. Mochimasa, 9th daimyō of Okayama (2nd creation) (1839–1899; r. 1863–1868. Son of Tokugawa Nariaki, daimyō of Mito.)

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See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-4331802946
    .(in Japanese)
  2. ISBN 978-4490106510
    .
  3. ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
  4. ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
  5. ^ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
  6. ^ Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Ikeda" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 14 [PDF 18 of 80]; retrieved 2013-4-25.
  7. ^ Genealogy

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