Shimodate Domain
| Shimodate Domain 下館藩 | |
|---|---|
| under Tokugawa shogunate Japan | |
| 1598–1871 | |
| Capital | Daimyō |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1598 |
• Disestablished | 1871 |
| Today part of | part of Ibaraki Prefecture |
Shimodate Domain (下館藩, Shimodate-han) was a
Chikusei, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by a junior branch of the Ishikawa clan
.
History
During the
Bitchu Province
.
The domain was then awarded to the eldest son of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain, Matsudaira Yorishige, until his transfer to Takamatsu Domain in Sanuki Province in 1642.
The domain became Kozuke Province in 1732.
In 1732, Ishikawa Fusashige was transferred from
Meiji restoration. Until Ishikawa rule, the domain became known for its production of cotton. However, under the 4th Ishikawa daimyō, Ishikawa Fusatada, the domain suffered greatly from flooding, crop failure and a fire which destroyed most of the castle town. During the subsequent famine, there were peasant uprisings and the domain came close to bankruptcy. The 8th Ishikawa lord, Ishikawa Fusatomi, invited Ninomiya Sontoku to the domain to initiate various reforms. The final daimyō, Ishikawa Fusakane, served as wakadoshiyori and Rikugun bugyo under the Tokugawa shogunate and helped suppress the Tenchu revolt; however, during the Boshin War, he switched sides to the Imperial cause. He was reconfirmed as domain governor until the abolition of the han system
in 1871.
The domain had a total population of 12933 people in 2918 households per a census in 1741; however, in a census of 1834, the castle town of Shimodate had a population of only 1637 people in 364 households.[1]
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
As with most domains in the
In the case of the Ishikawa, their holdings were almost evenly divided between Hitachi province, and Kawachi province (in what is now Osaka).- Hitachi Province
- 30 villages in Makabe District
- Kawachi Province
- 25 villages in Ishikawa District
- 5 villages in Furuichi District
List of daimyō
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tozama ) 1598-1639
| |||||
| 1 | Mizunoya Katsutoshi (水谷 勝俊) | 1598–1606 | Ise-no-kami (伊勢守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 31,000 koku |
| 2 | Mizunoya Katsutaka (水谷 勝隆) | 1606–1639 | Ise-no-kami (伊勢守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 32,000 koku |
 Tokugawa clan (Shinpan) 1606-1609
| |||||
| 1 | Matsudaira Yorishige (松平 頼重) | 1639–1642 | Ukyō-no-daibu (右京大夫); Jiju (侍従) | Lower 4th (従四位下) | 50,000 koku |
|
tenryō | 1609–1615 | |||
fudai ) 1663-1702
| |||||
| 1 | Mashiyama Masamitsu (増山 正弥) | 1663–1702 | Hyōbu-no-sho (兵部少輔) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 23,000 koku |
 Inoue clan (fudai) 1702-1702
| |||||
| 1 | Inoue Masamine (井上 正岑) | 1702–1702 | Kawachi-no-kami (河内守); Jiju (侍従) | Lower 4th (従四位下) | 50,000 koku |
|
tenryō | 1702-1703 | |||
 IKuroda clan (fudai) 1703-1732
| |||||
| 1 | Kuroda Naokuni (黒田 直邦) | 1703–1732 | Buzen-no-kami (豊前守); Jiju (侍従) | Lower 4th (従四位下) | 15,000 ->20,000 koku |
 Ishikawa clan (fudai) 1732-1871
| |||||
| 1 | Ishikawa Fusashige (石川 総茂) | 1732–1733 | Omi-no-kami (近江守) | Lower 4th (従四位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 2 | Ishikawa Fusaharu (石川 総陽) | 1733–1740 | Harima-no-kami (播磨守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 3 | Ishikawa Fusatoki (石川 総候) | 1740–1770 | Wakasa-no-kami (若狭守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 4 | Ishikawa Fusatada (石川 総弾) | 1770–1795 | Wakasa-no-kami (若狭守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 5 | Ishikawa Fusatsura (石川 総般) | 1795–1802 | Nakatsuka-no-suke (中務少輔) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 6 | Ishikawa Fusachika (石川 総親) | 1802–1808 | Omi-no-kami (近江守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 7 | Ishikawa Fusatsugu (石川 総承) | 1808–1836 | Nakatsuka-no-suke (中務少輔) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
| 8 | Ishikawa Fusatomi (石川 総貨) | 1836–1849 | Omi-no-kami (近江守) | Upper 5th (従五位上) | 10,000 koku |
| 9 | Ishikawa Fusakane (石川 総管) | 1849–1871 | Wakasa-no-kami (若狭守) | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 20,000 koku |
References
- Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
External links
- (in Japanese) Shimotsuma on "Edo 300 HTML"
Notes
- ^ Edo daimyo.net (in Japanese) Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.