Tako Domain
Tako Domain (多胡藩 Tako-han) was a minor Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shimōsa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan.
In the han system, Tako 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 part of the town of Tako in Katori District. It was ruled for most of its history by the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan.
Tako Domain was originally created for Hoshina Masamitsu in 1590, a retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After the Battle of Sekigahara, he was transferred to Takatō Domain, and Tako Domain passed into the tenryō territories directly controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate, and administered by hatamoto, which included members of the Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan.
In 1713, Matsudaira Katsuyuki, who administered 8000 koku within Katori District, gained an additional 3000 koku of revenue in Settsu Province. The combined amount of 12,000 koku was enough to qualify him as a daimyō and Tako Domain was revived. He was allowed to build a jin'ya in what later become the town of Omigawa, Chiba, where his successors continued to rule until the Meiji Restoration.
List of daimyō
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Hoshina clan (fudai) 1594-1601
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | revenues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoshina Masamitsu ( 保科正光) | 1590–1600 | Higo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
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Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) clan (fudai) 1602-1610
| # | Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | revenues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matsudaira Katsuyuki ( 松平勝以) | 1713-1728 | Buzen-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 2 | Matsudaira Katsufusa ( 松平勝房) | 1728–1736 | Mimasaka-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 3 | Matsudaira Katsutada ( 松平勝尹) | 1736–1768 | Okura-no-sho | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 4 | Matsudaira Katsutake ( 松平勝全) | 1768–1794 | Buzen-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 5 | Matsudaira Katsuyuki ( 松平勝升) | 1794–1818 | Nakatsukasa-sho | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 6 | Matsudaira Katsunori ( 松平勝権) | 1818–1848 | Sagami-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 koku |
| 7 | Matsudaira Katsuyuki ( 久松勝行) | 1848–1869 | Bungo-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 12,000 – 10,000 koku |
| 8 | Matsudaira Katsunari ( 久松勝慈) | 1869–1871 | Buzen-no-kami | Lower 5th (従五位下) | 10,000 koku |
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.