Goi Domain
Goi Domain (五井藩 Goi-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Kazusa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan.
In the han system, Goi was a political and economic abstraction based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[1] In other words, the domain was defined in terms of kokudaka, not land area.[2] This was different than the feudalism of the West.
History
The domain was centered on what is now the city of Ichihara, Chiba. It was ruled for the entirety of its history by a branch of the Arima clan.
Goi Domain was created on November 28, 1781, when Arima Ujiyoshi, the daimyō of Nishijo Domain in Ise Province relocated his jin'ya from Ise to Kazusa. He died two years later, at the age of 23, and his successors likewise had unusually short lifespans. His son Ujiyasu died at the age of 29, successor Hiroyasu at age 35, and son Ujisada at age 24. The 5th daimyō of Goi Domain, Arima Ujishige, decided to relocate his residence to Fukiage Domain in Kōzuke Province on April 17, 1842, and Goi Domain was thus dissolved.
List of daimyō
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Arima clan (fudai) 1781-1842
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | revenues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arima Ujiyoshi ( 有馬氏恕) | 1781–1783 | Hyogo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10, 000 koku |
| 2 | Arima Ujiyasu ( 有馬氏保) | 1783–1790 | Bingo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
| 3 | Arima Hisayasu ( 有馬久保) | 1790–1814 | Bingo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
| 4 | Arima Ujisada ( 有馬氏貞) | 1814–1833 | Hyogo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
| 5 | Arima Ujishige ( 有馬氏郁) | 1833–1842 | Bingo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
The site of the Goi Domain jin'ya is now Goi Station on the JR-East Uchibō Line.
References
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Bolitho, Harold (1974). Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多, Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966). Kantō no shohan 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
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