Tsuwano Domain
| Tsuwano Domain 津和野藩 | |
|---|---|
| Domain of Japan | |
| 1601–1871 | |
 Ruins of Tsuwano Castle | |
 Mon of the Kamei clan
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| Capital | Tsuwano Castle |
| Area | |
| • Coordinates | 34°27′37″N 131°45′51″E / 34.46028°N 131.76417°E |
| Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1601 |
| 1871 | |
| Contained within | |
| • Province | Iwami Province |
| Today part of | Shimane Prefecture |
Tsuwano Domain (津和野藩, Tsuwano-han) was a
History
During the Sengoku period, the area of Tsuwano was ruled by the Yoshimi clan, who served the Ōuchi clan and subsequently the Mōri clan. Following the 1600 Battle of Sekigahara, the Tokugawa shogunate deprived the Mōri of two-thirds of their holdings, reducing the clan to the two provinces of Nagato and Suō. Western Iwami became part of the 30,000 koku holdings of Sakazaki Naomori, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's generals, who established his seat at Tsuwano. Sakazaki laid the foundations of the domain by building a castle town, conducting land surveys, and making major renovations to the castle. In 1616, Sakazaka was either killed or committed seppuku over the "Senhime incident". He had been promised Ieyasu's daughter Senhime as his wife if he rescued her from Osaka Castle during the Siege of Osaka; however, afterwards Ieyasu gave her to Honda Takatoki instead. The incensed Sakazaka plotted to kidnap her, but the plot was discovered by the shogunate, and the Sakazaka clan was destroyed.
In 1617, the shogunate awarded the domain to Kamei Masanori with an increase in
In July 1871, just prior to the abolition of the han system by imperial edict, Kamei Koremi voluntarily ordered the destruction of Tsuwano Castle, resigned from the post of imperial governor and asked that the domain be dissolved. After that, it was incorporated into Shimane Prefecture after merging with Hamada Prefecture.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
As with most domains in the
- Iwami Province
- 2 villages in Ōchi District
- 26 villages in Naka District
- 46 villages in Mino District
- 56 villages in Kanoashi District
List of daimyō
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Tozama)1 Sakazaki Naomori (坂崎直盛) 1601 - 1616 Tsushima-no-kami (対馬守 Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 30,000 -> 40,000 koku Tozama)[6]1 Kamei Masanori (亀井政矩) 1617 - 1619 Buzen-no-kami (豊前守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 2 Kamei Koremasa (亀井茲政) 1619 - 1680 Buzen-no-kami (豊前守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 3 Kamei Korechika (亀井茲親) 1680 - 1731 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 4 Kamei Koremitsu (亀井茲満) 1731 - 1736 Inaba-no-kami (因幡守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 5 Kamei Korenobu (亀井茲延) 1736 - 1743 Buzen-no-kami (豊前守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 6 Kamei Koretane (亀井茲胤) 1743 - 1752 Shinano-no-kami (信濃守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 7 Kamei Norisada (亀井矩貞) 1752 - 1783 Noto-no-kami (能登守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 8 Kamei Norikata (亀井矩賢) 1783 - 1819 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 9 Kamei Korenao (亀井茲尚) 1819 - 1830 Osumi-no-kami (大隅守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 10 Kamei Korekata (亀井茲方) 1831 - 1839 Noto-no-kami (能登守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 45,000 koku 11 Kamei Koremi (亀井茲監) 1839 - 1871 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 45,000 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.
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- Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du Japon; Papinot, (2003). "Kamei" at Nobiliare du Japon, p. 19 [PDF 23 of 80]; retrieved 2013-4-25.