Sekiyado Domain
Sekiyado Domain (関宿藩, Sekiyado-han?) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Sekiyado Castle in what is now the city of Noda, Chiba.
Prime Minister Baron Suzuki Kantarō was born as the son of a samurai of Sekiyado Domain.
History
Sekiyado is located at the confluence of the Tone River and the Edogawa River, and was thus a strategic location controlling river traffic in the northern Kantō region, as well as the northeastern approaches to Edo. Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, the Kantō region by was assigned to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who appointed his half-brother Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) Yasumoto as daimyō of Sekiyado, with revenues of 20,000 koku. His revenues were increased to 40,000 koku in 1591. The domain passed from Matsudaira control to various other clans over its history: however, as an indication of the importance the Tokugawa shogunate placed on Sekiyado, of the 22 daimyō who ruled the domain, 22 held the post of Rōjū and three held the post of Kyoto Shoshidai.
From 1669 (with an interruption from 1683-1705), the domain remained in the hands of the Kuze clan. Kuze Hirochika played an important role in the Bakumatsu period. As Rōjū, he opposed the Ansei Purge conducted by Ii Naosuke. He was a key supporter of the Kōbu gattai policy of supporting the Shogunate through marriage ties to the Imperial family, and one of the prime signatories to treaties ending Japan’s national isolation policy.
During the Boshin War, the domain officially remained a supporter of the Shogunate, and contributed many samurai to the Shōgitai; however, many of its younger retainers supported the Sonnō jōi movement and defected to the Satchō Alliance. After the Battle of Ueno, the final daimyō of Sekiyado, Kuze Hironari, submitted to the new Meiji government. He was appointed domain governor under the new administration, until the abolition of the han system in July 1871 and subsequently became a viscount under the kazoku peerage. The former Sekiyado Domain was absorbed into the new Chiba Prefecture.
List of daimyō
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Matsudaira Yasumoto ( 松平康元?) |
1590–1603 |
Inaba-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
22,700 koku |
| 2 |
Matsudaira Tadayoshi ( 松平忠良?) |
1603–1616 |
Kai-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
22,700 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Matsudaira Shigekatsu ( 北条氏重?) |
1617–1619 |
Osumi-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
26,000 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Ogasawara Masanobu ( 小笠原政信?) |
1619–1640 |
Saemon-no-suke |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
22,700 koku |
| 2 |
Ogasawara Sadanobu ( 小笠原貞信?) |
1640–1640 |
Tosa-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五四位下) |
22,700 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Hōjō Ujishige ( 北条氏重?) |
1640–1644 |
Dewa-no-kami |
Lower 4th Lower 5th (従五位下) |
20,000 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Makino Nobushige ( 牧野信成?) |
1644–1647 |
Hizen-no-kami |
Lower 4th Lower 4th (従四位下) |
17,000 koku |
| 2 |
Makino Narishige ( 牧野親成?) |
1647–1656 |
Sado-no-kami |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
17,000-->27,000 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Itakura Shigemune ( 板倉重宗?) |
1656–1656 |
Suo-no-kami |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
50,000 koku |
| 2 |
Itakura Shigesatoi ( 板倉重郷?) |
1656–1661 |
Awa-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
50,000-->45,000 koku |
| 3 |
Itakura Shigetsune ( 板倉重常?) |
1661–1669 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
- |
- Kuze clan (fudai) 1669-1683
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Kuze Hiroyuki ( 久世 広之?) |
1669–1679 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 4th (侍従) |
50,000 koku |
| 2 |
Kuze Shigeyuki ( 久世重之?) |
1679–1683 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 4th (侍従) |
50,000 koku |
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Makino Narisada ( 牧野成貞?) |
1683–1695 |
Bizen-no-kami |
Lower 4th (侍従) |
53,000-->73,000 koku |
| 2 |
Makino Nariharu ( 牧野成春?) |
1695–1705 |
Bizen-no-kami |
Lower 4th (侍従) |
73,000 koku |
- Kuze clan (fudai) 1705-1871
| # |
Name |
Tenure |
Courtesy title |
Court Rank |
revenues |
| 1 |
Kuze Shigeyuki ( 久世重之?) |
1705–1720 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
50,000 koku |
| 2 |
Kuze Teruyuki ( 久世暉之?) |
1720–1748 |
Sanuki-no-kami/Jiju |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
50,000-->60,000 koku |
| 3 |
Kuze Hiroaki ( 久世広明?) |
1748–1785 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
60,000-->58,000 koku |
| 4 |
Kuze Hiroyasu ( 久世広明?) |
1785–1817 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
58,000-->68,000 koku |
| 5 |
Kuze Hirotaka ( 久世広運?) |
1817–1830 |
Nagato-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
68,000 koku |
| 6 |
Kuze Hirochika ( 久世広周?) |
1830–1862 |
Yamato-no-kami |
Lower 4th (従四位下) |
68,000 koku |
| 7 |
Kuze Hirofumi ( 久世広文?) |
1862–1868 |
Oki-no-kami |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
68,000-->48,000 koku |
| 8 |
Kuze Hironari ( 久世広業?) |
1868–1871 |
x |
Lower 5th (従五位下) |
48,000 koku |
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