Nishio Domain

reconstructed yagura of Nishio Castle, administrative center for Nishio Domain

Nishio Domain (西尾藩 Nishio han) was a feudal domain of the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in former Mikawa Province, in what is now the modern-day city of Nishio in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was centered on Nishio Castle.

History

When Tokugawa Ieyasu became independent of the Imagawa clan in 1561, he established Nishio Castle, and assigned his close hereditary retainer, Sakai Masachika to become its first castellan. It was a mark of Ieyasu’s favor and trust, as Sakai Masachika was the first of Ieyasu’s retainers to be so honored. Following the Battle of Sekigahara, the Sakai clan was reassigned to more lucrative territories in western Japan, and was replaced by a branch of the Honda clan as first rulers of the new Nishio-han. The domain changed hands with almost every generation, reverting for periods to tenryō status under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Doi clan held the territory for almost 100 years (1663-1747), and the Ogyu branch of the Matsudaira clan from 1764 until the Meiji restoration in 1867. The final daimyō, Matsudaira Noritsune, took part in the Second Chōshū expedition, and was assigned to guard Osaka and Kyoto, but presided over domain deeply divided between pro- and anti- Shogunal factions. He surrendered to the new Meiji government during the Boshin War, after the defection of many junior samurai to the pro-Imperial cause. The domain had a population of 55,220 people in 13,039 households per the 1867 census, of whom 51,119 people were classed as farmers. The domain maintained its primary residence (kamiyashiki) in Edo at Daimyo-koji, in Marunouchi. Until the An’ei period (1772-1781)[1] Nishio Domain was not a single contiguous territory, but consisted of many widely scattered holdings, which at the end of the Edo period consisted of:

After the abolition of the han system in July 1871, the domain became “Nishio Prefecture”, which later became part of Nukata Prefecture, and finally Aichi Prefecture.

List of daimyō

#Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Lineage
Honda clan (fudai) 1601–1617
1Honda Yasutoshi (本多 康俊)1601–1617 Nui-no-suke (縫殿助) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
20,000 koku2nd son of Sakai Tadatsugu
Ogyū-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1617–1621
1Matsudaira Narishige (松平 成重)1617–1621 Ukon-no-jō (右近将監) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
20,000 kokutransfer to Kameyama Domain
Honda clan (fudai) 1621–1636
1Honda Toshitsugu (本多 俊次)1621–1636 Shimōsa-no-kami (下総守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
35,000 kokuson of Honda Yasutoshi; transfer to Kameyama Domain
tenryō 1636–1638
Ōta clan (fudai) 1638–1644
1Ōta Sukemune (太田 資宗)1638–1644 Bitchu-no-kami (備中守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
15,000 –> 35,000 kokutransfer from Yamakawa Domain; 2nd son of Ōta Shigemasa;
transfer to Hamamatsu Domain
tenryō 1644–1645
Ii clan (fudai) 1645–1659
1Ii Naoyoshi (井伊 直好)1645–1659 Hyōbu-no-shō (兵部少輔) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
35,000 kokutransfer from Anaka Domain; son of Ii Naokatsu; transfer to Kakegawa Domain
Mashiyama clan (fudai) 1659–1663
1Mashiyama Masatoshi (増山 正利)1659–1662 Danjō-shōhitsu (弾正少弼) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
20,000 kokuson of Aoki Toshinaga
2Mashiyama Masamitsu (増山 正弥)1662–1663 Hyōbu-no-shō (兵部少輔) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
20,000 kokuson of Nasu Tsukemutsu; transfer to Shimodate Domain
Doi clan (fudai) 1663-1747
1Doi Toshinaga (土井 利長)1663–1681Hyōgo-ryō (兵庫頭) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 koku2nd son of Doi Toshikatsu
2Doi Toshimoto (土井 利意)1681–1724Yamashiro-no-kami (山城守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 koku7th son of Inaba Masanori
3Doi Toshitsune (土井 利庸)1724–1734Awaji-no-kami (淡路守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 kokuadopted from Miura clan
4Doi Toshinobu (土井 利信)1734–1747Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 kokuson of Toshinaga; transfer to Kariya Domain
Miura clan (fudai) 1747-1764
1Miura Yoshisato (三浦 義理)1747–1756Kazue-no-kami (主計頭) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 kokuson of Akihiro; transfer from Kariya Domain
2Miura Akitsugu (三浦 明次)1756–1764 Hyōgo-ryō (兵庫頭) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
23,000 koku3rd son of Akitaka; transfer to Katsuyama Domain
Ogyū-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1764-1871
1Matsudaira Norisuke (松平 乗祐)1764–1769Izumi-no-kami (和泉守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
60,000 kokuson of Norisato; transfer from Yamagata Domain
2Matsudaira Norisada (松平乗完)1769–1793Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)Lower 4th
(従四位下)
60,000 koku4th son of Norisuke
3Matsudaira Norihiro (松平 乗寛)1793–1839Izumi-no-kami( 和泉守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
60,000 kokuson of Norisada
4Matsudaira Noriyasu (松平 乗全)1839–1862Izumi-no-kami (和泉守) Lower 4th
(従四位下)
60,000 kokuson of Norihiro
5Matsudaira Noritsune (松平 乗秩)1862–1871Izumi-no-kami (和泉守) Lower 5th
(従五位下)
60,000 koku2nd son of Norihiro

References

External links

Notes

  1. Edo daimyo.net (Japanese)

Coordinates: 34°51′6″N 137°02′55″E / 34.85167°N 137.04861°E