Hachinohe Domain

Miyagi-jinja in Hachinohe, on the site of Hachinohe Castle

Hachinohe Domain (八戸藩 Hachinohe-han) was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan[1] It is located in Mutsu Province, Honshū. Its territory included 41 villages in Sannohe District, 38 villages in Kunohe District, and 4 villages in Shiwa District, with a total revenue of 22,000 koku. The domain was centered at Hachinohe Castle, located in the center of what is now the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture.

History

Hachinohe Domain had a somewhat ambiguous status in that it was regarded as a sub-domain of Morioka Domain and ruled by a branch of the Nambu clan, although it had been established by order of the Tokugawa Shogunate, was subject to the sankin kotai regulations, and was allowed to maintain a castle (which was permitted only to independent domains). Its status was clarified in 1812, when the domain's residence in Edo burned down, and the 10th daimyō of Morioka Domain, Nambu Toshitaka, refused to assist with its rebuilding, citing the "independence" of Hachinohe.

During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, Nambu Nobuyuki supported the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei and joined with the forces of Morioka Domain at the Battle of Noheji against the pro-imperial forces of Hirosaki Domain and Kuroishi Domain. Afterwards, however, though secret diplomacy with Kubota Domain, he was able to escape punishment by the new Meiji government. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Hachinohe Domain became Hachinohe Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Aomori Prefecture in September 1871.

List of daimyo

Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank Revenue
1Nambu Naofusa (南部直房)1664–1668Saemon-no-sho Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
2Nambu Naomasa ( 南部直政)1668–1699 Tōtōmi-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku
3Nambu Michinobu (南部通信)1699–1716Tōtōmi-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
4Nambu Hironobu (南部広信)1716–1741Kai-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
5Nambu Nobuoki (南部信興)1741–1765Saemon-no-sho Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
6Nambu Nobuyori (南部信依)1765–1781Kai-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
7Nambu Nobufusa (南部信房)1781–1796Ise-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
8Nambu Nobumasa (南部信真)1796–1842Saemon-no-sho Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
9Nambu Nobuyuki (南部信順)1842–1871Tōtōmi-no-kami, Jiju Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku

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