Uwajima Domain
Uwajima Domain 宇和島藩 | |
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Domain of Japan | |
1608–1871 | |
Capital | Uwajima Castle |
Area | |
• Coordinates | 33°13′10.12″N 132°33′54.85″E / 33.2194778°N 132.5652361°E |
Historical era | Edo period |
• Established | 1608 |
1871 | |
Contained within | |
• Province | Iyo |
Today part of | Ehime Prefecture |
Uwajima Domain (宇和島藩, Uwajima-han) was a
History
Pre-Edo period Uwajima
During the
Under the Tokugawa shogunate
In 1608, Tomita Nobutaka,
In 1614, Date Hidemune was awarded the 100,000 koku Uwajima Domain by Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, and moved into Uwajima Castle the following year. Hidemune was the illegitimate eldest son of Date Masamune who had been raised by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but who sided loyally with the Tokugawa clan at the Siege of Osaka. Strictly speaking, this establishment was not a branch domain of Sendai Domain, but was regarded as a completely independent domain, although this status was frequently disputed by Sendai. In 1657, Hidemune retired, making his son Munetoshi is successor, but splitting the domain. Munetoshi had only 70,000 koku, and his younger brother Date Munezumi was given 30,000 koku and allowed to establish a cadet branch of the clan and subsidiary domain called Iyo-Yoshida Domain.[1]
Munetoshi's tenure lasted for 36 years, and became a model for later generations; however, he had to contend with droughts, tight finances, floods, large fires, and boundary disputes with the Tosa and Iyo-Yoshida domains. In 1688, a five-year plan was drawn up, and in November 1693, Munetoshi handed over the domain to his son-in-law, Date Muneyoshi and retired. In 1696, the domain was officially able to restore its official kokudaka to 100,000 koku through development of new rice lands; however, the shogunate forced the domain to reconstruct the
The 5th daimyō Munetoki was a son of Muratoshi, and undertook a long-term revival during his 60-year tenure. In 1743, he issued a thrift ordinance and embarked on a reform of domain administration. He encouraged learning and martial arts, and in 1748, he opened the Naitokukan (later Meirinkan), han school open to both samurai and commoners. He also made wax an important product of the domain and established a monopoly on wax and on paper. In addition, he carried out large-scale agricultural policy reforms, prohibited gambling, conducted a review of duties of offices, and tax reform. These reforms were successful, but the Great Tenmei famine affected the domain seriously, leading to a succession of uprisings and peasant riots. In the midst of this, Munetoki died and was succeeded by Date Munenaga who continued his father's reforms centering on the appointment of capable samurai, frugality and expenditure restraint, expansion of revenue through the cultivation of commercial crops and sericulture, and relief for disaster victims. However, during this period, there were eight storms and floods, and one drought. In 1812, an revolt called the "Hagimori Incident" occurred due to a conflict of opinions among senior vassals over financial reconstruction.
In 1817, due to illness, Munenaga retired and his heir, Munetada, took over the administration of the domain, officially becoming seventh daimyō in 1824. He retired in 1844, and
Under the
Holdings at the end of the Edo period
Unlike most domains in the
- Iyo Province
- 163 villages in Uwa District
List of daimyō
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Tozama)1 Tomita Nobutaka (富田信高) 1608 - 1613 Shinano-no-kami (信濃守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 120,000 koku tenryō1613-1614Tozama)1 Date Hidemune (伊達秀宗) 1614 - 1657 Totomi-no-kami (遠江守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 koku 2 Date Munetoshi (伊達宗利) 1657 - 1693 Totomi-no-kami (遠江守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 70,000 koku 3 Date Muneyoshi (伊達宗贇) 1693 - 1711 Kii-no-kami (紀伊守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 70,000 ->100,000 koku 4 Date Muratoshi (伊達村年) 1711 - 1735 Totomi-no-kami (遠江守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 koku 5 Date Muratoki (伊達村候) 1735 - 1794 Sakone-no-chūjo (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 koku 6 Date Muranaga (伊達村寿) 1794 - 1824 Ukone-no-chūjo (右近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 koku 7 Date Munetada (伊達宗紀) 1824 - 1844 Sakone-no-chūjo (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 koku 8 Date Munenari (伊達宗城) 1844 - 1858 Sakone-no-chūjo (左近衛権少将); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) 100,000 koku 9 Date Mune'e (伊達宗徳) 1858 - 1871 Totomi-no-kami (遠江守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 100,000 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.