Maebashi Domain

Monument making location of Maebashi Castle, headquarters of Maebashi Domain

Maebashi Domain (前橋藩 Maebashi-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Maebashi Castle in what is now part of the city of Maebashi, Gunma.

History

Maebashi was the location of an important fortification in the Sengoku period on a strategic junction of the Tone River with the main highway from Edo to Echigo Province and the Sea of Japan with the Nakasendō highway connecting Edo with Kyoto. The area was hotly contested between the Uesugi clan and the Takeda and Odawara Hōjō clans.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu took control over the Kantō region in 1590, he assigned the area to his trusted general, Hiraiwa Chikayoshi, with revenues of 33,000 koku. Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Hiraiwa were transferred to Kōfu Castle and were replaced by a branch of the Sakai clan, formerly daimyo of Kawagoe Domain. The Sakai ruled over nine generations from 1601 to 1749, during which time the domain was gradually enlarged to 150,000 koku. The 2nd daimyo, Sakai Tadayo and 4th daimyo, Sakai Tadakiyo served as tairō within the shogunal administration.

After the Sakai were transferred to Himeji Domain, they were replaced the a branch of the Matsudaira clan from Echizen Province, and Matsudaira Tomonori ruled from 1749 to 1767. However, erosion from the Tone River and repeated flooding continued to plague the castle, and in 1767 Matsudaira Tomonori decided to relocate his seat from Maebashi to Kawagoe Castle, demoting Maebashi Domain to a detached territory of Kawagoe Domain.

Towards the Bakumatsu period, the growing prosperity and economic importance of Maebashi due to the silk trade led to the local townspeople petitioning their lord for his return to Maebashi Castle. The Tokugawa shogunate also looked to Maebashi as a possible refuge should Edo be attacked by the western powers, and supported the move. A new Maebashi castle was completed in 1866, and the Matsudaira clan relocated back to Maebashi in 1867. During the Boshin War, Maebashi Domain was quick to side with the imperial cause. However, the domain’s detached exclave in Futtsu sided with the Tokugawa and one of the rōjū of the parent domain in Maebashi was forced to commit seppuku in atonement.

After the end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Maebashi Domain became “Maebashi Prefecture”, which later became part of Gunma Prefecture.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the han system, Maebashi Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields,[1][2]

List of daimyō

#Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka
Sakai clan (Fudai) 1601-1749
1Sakai Shigetada ( 酒井重忠)1601–1617Kawachi-no-kami (河内守) Lower 5th (従五 位下) 33,000 koku
2Sakai Tadayo ( 酒井忠世)1617–1636 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭); Jijū (侍従) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 33,000 -->52,000-->122,000 koku
3Sakai Tadayuki ( 酒井忠行)1636–1636 Awa-no kami (阿波守) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 122,000-->152,000 koku
4Sakai Tadakiyo ( 酒井忠清)1636–1681 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭); Sakone-no-shōshō (左近衛少将) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 152,000-->150,000 koku
5Sakai Tadataka ( 酒井忠挙)1681–1707 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 150,000 koku
6Sakai Tadami ( 酒井忠相)1707–1708 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 150,000 koku
7Sakai Chikayoshi ( 酒井親愛)1708–1720 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 150,000 koku
8Sakai Chikamoto ( 酒井親本)1720–1731 Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭); Jijū(侍従) Lower 4th (従四 位下) 150,000 koku
9Sakai Tadazumi ( 酒井忠恭)1731–1749 Uta-no-kami(雅楽頭); Sakone-no-shōshō (左近衛少将)Lower 4th (従四 位下) 150,000 koku
Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1749-1767; 1867-1871
1Masudaira Tomonori ( 松平朝矩)1749–1767Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Lower 4th (従四位下) 150,000 koku
Seat transferred to Kawagoe Domain in Musashi Province 1767-1867
1Matsudaira Naokatsu (松平直克)1867–1869 Yamato-no-kami (大和守) ; Sakone-no-shōshō (左近衛少将) Lower 4th (従四位下) 170,000 koku
2Matsudaira Naokata (松平直方)1869-1871 -none- -none- 170,000 koku

Genealogy (Matsudaira-Echizen)

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616)
    • Yūki Hideyasu, 1st Lord of Fukui (1574-1607)
      • Matsudaira Naomoto, Lord of Himeji (1604-1648)
        • Naonori, Lord of Shirakawa (1642-1695)
          • Chikakiyo, 1st Lord of Shirakawa (1682-1721)
            • Akinori, 2nd Lord of Shirakawa (1713-1749)
              • I. Tomonori, 1st Lord of Maebashi (1st cr., 1749) (1738-1768; r. 1749-1767)
                • Naotsune, 2nd Lord of Kawagoe (1762-1810)
                  • Naritsune, 4th Lord of Kawagoe (1797-1850)
                    • Tsunenori, 5th Lord of Kawagoe (1836-1883)
                      • Motonori, 13th Echizen family head, 1st Count (1875-1930; 13th family head: 1884-1907; Count: cr. 1884)
                  • Yoihiro (1808-1855)
                    • Megumi-hime (1850-1885), m. I. Matsudaira (Arima) Naokatsu, 1st Lord of Maebashi (2nd cr., 1867) (1840-1897; r. 1867-1869)
                      • Naoyuki, 14th Echizen family head, 2nd Count (1861-1932; 14th family head and 2nd Count: 1907-1932)
                        • Naohisa, 15th Echizen family head, 3rd Count (1885-1965; 15th family head: 1932-1965; 3rd Count: 1932-1947)
                          • Naomasa, 16th Echizen family head (b. 1919; 16th family head: 1965-)
                            • Naoyasu (b. 1944)
                              • Naotaka (b. 1972)
    • Tokugawa Hidetada, 2nd Tokugawa Shōgun (1579-1632)
      • Tamahime (1599-1622), m. Maeda Toshitsune, 3rd Lord of Kaga (1594-1658)
        • Maeda Toshitsugu, 1st Lord of Toyama (1617-1674)
          • Maeda Masatoshi, 2nd Lord of Toyama (1649-1706)
            • Maeda Toshitaka, 4th Lord of Toyama (1690-1745)
              • Maeda Toshitomo, 6th Lord of Toyama (1737-1794)
                • Maeda Toshinori, 8th Lord of Toyama (1768-1801)
                  • Maeda Toshiyasu, 10th Lord of Toyama (1800-1859)
                    • Maeda Toshikata, 12th Lord of Toyama (1835-1904)
                      • II. Matsudaira (Maeda) Naokata, 2nd Lord of Maebashi (2nd cr) (1858-1907; Lord: 1869; Governor: 1869-1871; 12th Echizen family head: 1869-1884)

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