was a Japanese domain

Han (Japan)

The or domain was the name of the estate belonging to a warrior in Japan after the 17th century. The fiefs of the daimyos of the samurai class of Japan during the Edo period were called han.-Edo period:...

 of the Edo period

Edo period

The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....

, located in Tōtōmi Province

Totomi Province

was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today western Shizuoka Prefecture. Tōtōmi bordered on Mikawa, Suruga and Shinano Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was .-History:...

. It was centered on what is now Hamamatsu Castle

Hamamatsu Castle

is a reconstructed hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō who ruled over Hamamatsu Domain, Tōtōmi Province, in what is now central Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan...

 in what is now the city of Hamamatsu

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. On July 1, 2005, the city merged with 11 surrounding cities and towns. It became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2007.- History :...

 in Shizuoka Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...

.

Hamamatsu was the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

 was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but...

 for much of his early career, and Hamamatsu Castle was nicknamed due to Ieyasu’s promotion to Shōgun

Shogun

A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor...

. The domain was thus considered a prestigious posting, and was seen as a stepping stone in a daimyo

Daimyo

is a generic term referring to the powerful territorial lords in pre-modern Japan who ruled most of the country from their vast, hereditary land holdings...

’s to higher levels with the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...

, such Rōjū

Roju

The ', usually translated as Elder, was one of the highest-ranking government posts in Tokugawa Japan. The term refers either to individual Elders, or to the Council as a whole; under the first two shoguns, there were only two Rōjū...

or wakadoshiyori

Wakadoshiyori

The ', or "Junior Elders", were high government officials in 17th century Tokugawa Japan. The position was established around 1631, but appointments were irregular until 1662....

.

List of daimyō

• Matsudaira (Sakurai) clan
  Matsudaira clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...
  
   (fudai) 1601-1624

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1601–1609	右馬允	Lower 5th (従五位下)	50,000 koku

• Kōriki clan
  Koriki clan
  The ' was a fudai samurai clan which briefly came to prominence during the Sengoku and early Edo period Japan. Kōriki Kiyonaga was a hereditary retainer of the Tokugawa clan, who served Tokugawa Ieyasu as bugyō of Sunpu and was made daimyō of Iwatsuki Domain in Musashi Province in 1590 after the...
  
   (fudai) 1619-1638

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1619–1638	Sakon-daiyu	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku

• Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan
  Matsudaira clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...
  
   (fudai) 1638-1644

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1638–1644	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	36,000 koku

• Ōta clan
  Ota clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Ota are best known as daimyō of territories on Kyūshū during the Edo period ....
  
   (fudai) 1644-1671

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1644–1671	Bitchu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku
  2		1671–1678	Settsu-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	35,000 koku

• Aoyama clan
  Aoyama clan
  The ' was a Japanese clan which came to prominence during the Sengoku period. Its origins were in Kōzuke Province; however, members of the family moved to Mikawa Province and served the Matsudaira clan...
  
   (fudai) 1678-1679

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1678–1679	Inaba-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	50,000 koku
  2		1679–1685	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	50,000 koku
  3		1685–1702	Shimotsuke-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	50,000 koku

• Matsudaira (Honjō) clan
  Matsudaira clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...
  
   (fudai) 1702-1729

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1702–1723	Hoki-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	70,000 koku
  2		1702–1729	Bungo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五下)	70,000 koku

• Matsudaira (Ōkōchi/Nagasawa clan)
  Matsudaira clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...
  
   (fudai) 1729-1752

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1729–1744	Izu-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	70,000 koku
  2		1744–1752	Izu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五下)	70,000 koku

• Matsudaira (Honjō) clan
  Matsudaira clan
  The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province . Over the course of its history, the clan produced many branches, most of which also centered around Mikawa Province...
  
   (fudai) 1749-1768

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1749–1752	Bungo-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	70,000 koku
  2		1752–1768	Iyo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五下)	70,000 koku

• Inoue clan
  Inoue clan
  The ' was a samurai clan which came to prominence from the late Kamakura through Edo periods in Japanese history. Mention of an Inoue surname is found in Nara period records; however, the Inoue clan which later became prominent in the Edo period traces its antecedents to the Seiwa Genji line...
  
   (fudai)

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1768-1766	Kawachi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
  2		1766–1786	Kawachi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
  3		1786–1817	Kawachi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五下)	60,000 koku

• Mizuno clan
  Mizuno clan
  The was a Japanese clan which claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji branch of the Minamoto clan. In the Edo period, the Mizuno clan produced many men who were fudai daimyo serving the Tokugawa shogun, as well as countless families of hatamoto...
  
   (fudai) 1817-

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1817–1845	Echizen-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
  2		1845–1856	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	50,000 koku

• Inoue clan
  Inoue clan
  The ' was a samurai clan which came to prominence from the late Kamakura through Edo periods in Japanese history. Mention of an Inoue surname is found in Nara period records; however, the Inoue clan which later became prominent in the Edo period traces its antecedents to the Seiwa Genji line...
  
   (fudai) 1845-1868

  #	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
  1		1845–1847	Kawachi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
  2		1847–1868	Kawachi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku