Shimabara Domain

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The Shimabara Domain (島原藩, Shimabara-han^?) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Hizen Province.

Contents 1 History 2 List of lords 3 References 3.1 Notes

[edit] History

At the start of the Edo period, the Shimabara domain was ruled by the Arima clan; however, they were transferred to the Nobeoka Domain, and Shimabara was granted instead to Matsukura Shigemasa. The overtaxation and abusive reign of Shigemasa and his son Katsuie incited the Shimabara Rebellion^[1]; after the rebellion was subdued, Katsuie committed suicide, and the domain was given to the Kōriki clan. It passed through the hands of several daimyo families before coming under the rule of the Fukōzu-Matsudaira family, who ruled it from the 1770s until the Meiji Restoration.

[edit] List of lords

• Arima clan, 1600-1614 (Tozama; 40,000 koku)

1. Harunobu
2. Naozumi

• Tenryō

• Matsukura clan, 1616-1638 (Tozama; 40,000 koku)

1. Shigemasa
2. Katsuie

• Kōriki clan, 1638-1668 (Fudai; 40,000 koku)

1. Tadafusa
2. Takanaga

• Matsudaira (Fukōzu) clan, 1668-1747 (Fudai; 65,000 koku)

1. Tadafusa
2. Tadakatsu
3. Tadami
4. Tadatoki
5. Tadamasa

• Toda clan, 1747-1774 (Fudai; 77,000 koku)

1. Tadamitsu
2. Tadatō

• Matsudaira (Fukōzu) clan, 1774-1871 (Fudai; 65,000 koku)

1. Tadahiro
2. Tadayori
3. Tadayoshi
4. Tadanari
5. Tadakiyo
6. Tadaatsu
7. Tadachika
8. Tadakazu

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

• Murray, David (1905). Japan. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons).
• (Japanese) Shimabara on "Edo 300 HTML" (20 Nov. 2007)