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Amagasaki Domain

Amagasaki Domain (尼崎あまがさき藩はん, Amagasaki-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Settsu Province in what is now the southeastern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It had its administrative headquarters at Amagasaki Castle. The domain extended over parts of Settsu Province that correspond to portions of the cities of Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya, Kobe, Itami, and Takarazuka, in modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was controlled by the fudai daimyō Aoyama clan followed by the Sakurai-branch of the Matsudaira clan throughout most of its history. [1][2][3]

Amagasaki Domain
尼崎あまがさき藩はん
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1615–1871
CapitalAmagasaki Castle
Area
 • Coordinates34°42′51.757″N 135°25′14.005″E / 34.71437694°N 135.42055694°E / 34.71437694; 135.42055694
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1615
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Hyōgo Prefecture
Amagasaki Domain is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
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Location of Amagasaki Castle
Amagasaki Domain is located in Japan
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Matsudaira Tadaoka, last daimyō of Amagasaki
Reconstructed Amagasaki Castle tenshu

History

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Takebe Mitsushige was the 700 koku Amagasaki gundai under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was married to an adopted daughter of Ikeda Terumasa. In 1615, his son Takebe Matsunaga distinguished himself in the Siege of Osaka and as a result, he was awarded, jointly with his uncle Ikeda Shigetoshi, a 10,000 koku holding in northern Settsu Province, centered on Kawabe and Nishinari districts. This was the start of Amagasaki Domain. In 1617, Takebe Masanaga was transferred to Hayashida Domain and Ikeda Shigetoshi to Ikeda Domain, both in Harima Province. They were replaced by Toda Ujikane, formerly of Zeze Domain, with a kokudaka of 50,000 koku. He constructed Amagasaki Castle. In 1635 he was promoted to Ogaki Domain in Mino Province, and replaced by Aoyama Yoshinari, formerly of Kakegawa Domain in Tōtōmi Province. By developing new rice lands, he raised his kokudaka to 54,000 koku, but his son Aoyama Yukinari created a cadet branch of the clan, resulting in a reduction to 48,000 koku. The Aoyama ruled until 1711, and the period was a prosperous one for Amagasaki Domain.

The Aoyama were transferred to Iiyama Domainin Shinano Province, and Amagasaki was given to former Kakegawa daimyō Matsudaira Tadataka of the Sakurai-branch of the Matsudaira clan. The domain was reduced to 40,000 koku. Later, the Tokugawa shogunate increased the kokudaka to 45,000 koku with the shogunate exchanging 62 villages in Settsu for 71 in Harima Province; however, 36 of the villages in Settsu were wealthy villages known for their sake brewing industry, whereas the villages in Harima were rural and were scattered in various locations, making their administration difficult. As a result, although the nominal kokudaka had increased by 5000 koku, the actual kokudaka decreased sharply.

In January 1868, Matsudaira Tadaoki, the last daimyō, pledged allegiance to the Imperial Court in the Boshin War, and in February of the same year, he changed his surname to "Sakurai" under the direction of the new Meiji government. In 1871, the domain became "Amagasaki Prefecture" due to the abolition of the han system, and was incorporated into Hyōgo Prefecture the following year. Matsudaira Tadaoki was later made a viscount (shishaku) in the kazoku peerage and later became one of the founders of Hakuaisha (later known as the Japanese Red Cross Society) during the Satsuma Rebellion.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

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As with most domains in the han system, Amagasaki Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[4][5]

List of daimyō

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# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka
  Takebe clan, 1615-1617 (Tozama)
1 Takebe Masanaga (建部たけべ政長まさなが) 1615 - 1617 Tanba-no-kami (丹波たんば守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 10,000 koku
  Ikeda clan, 1615-1617 (Tozama)
1 Ikeda Shigetoshi (池田いけだ重利しげとし) 1615 - 1617 Echizen-no-kami (越前えちぜん守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 10,000 koku
  Toda clan, 1617-1635 (Fudai)
1 Toda Ujitetsu (戸田とだ氏し鉄てつ) 1617 - 1635 Uneme-no-kami (采女うねめ正せい) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 50,000 koku
  Aoyama clan, 1635-1711 (Fudai)
1 Aoyama Yoshinari (青山あおやま幸成ゆきなり) 1635 - 1643 Okura-shoyu (大蔵おおくら少しょう輔) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 50,000 -> 54,000-> 48,000 koku
2 Aoyama Yoshitoshi (青山あおやま幸利ゆきとし) 1643 - 1684 Daizen-no-suke (大膳だいぜん亮あきら) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 50,000 koku
3 Aoyama Yoshimasa (青山あおやま幸みゆき督とく) 1684 - 1710 Harima-no-kami (播磨はりま守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 50,000 -> 48,000 koku
4 Aoyama Yoshihide (青山あおやま幸秀ゆきひで) 1710 - 1711 Daizen-no-suke (大膳だいぜん亮あきら) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 48,000 koku
  Sakurai-Matsudaira clan, 1711-1871 (Fudai)
1 Matsudaira Tadataka (松平まつだいら忠ただし喬たかし) 1711 - 1751 Iwami-no-kami (石見いわみ守まもる) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ四よん位い下か) 48,000->45,000 -> 45,000 koku
2 Matsudaira Tadaakira (松平まつだいら忠ただし名めい) 1751 - 1766 Totomi-no-kami (遠江とおとうみ守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku
3 Matsudaira Tadatsugu (松平まつだいら忠告ちゅうこく) 1766 - 1805 Totomi-no-kami (遠江とおとうみ守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku
4 Matsudaira Tadatomi (松平まつだいら忠ただし宝たから) 1805 - 1813 Totomi-no-kami (遠江とおとうみ守まもる)) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku
5 Matsudaira Tadanori (松平まつだいら忠ただし誨) 1813 - 1829 Totomi-no-kami (遠江とおとうみ守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku
6 Matsudaira Tadanaga (松平まつだいら忠ただし栄さかえ) 1829 - 1861 Totomi-no-kami (遠江とおとうみ守まもる) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku
7 Matsudaira Tadaoki (松平まつだいら忠興ただおき) 1861 - 1871 Hyogo-no-kami (兵庫ひょうご頭あたま) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従したがえ五ご位い下か) 45,000 koku

See also

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Further reading

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  • Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures Among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-01655-0; OCLC 185685588

References

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  1. ^ Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸えど三さん百ひゃく藩はん大全たいぜん 全ぜん藩はん藩主はんしゅ変遷へんせん表ひょう付づけ. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
  2. ^ Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩はんと城下町じょうかまちの事典じてん―国くに別べつ. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
  3. ^ Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
  4. ^ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
  5. ^ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
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