Ikoma Takatoshi
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was a Japanese 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...

 of the early 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....

, who ruled the Takamatsu Domain
Takamatsu Domain
The was a han or feudal domain in Sanuki Province , Japan during the Edo period. The domain was governed first by the Ikoma family then by the Mito-Matsudaira clan.-History:...

. He was the son-in-law of Doi Toshikatsu
Doi Toshikatsu
was a top-ranking official in Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during its early decades, and one of the chief advisors to the second Tokugawa shogun, Hidetada....

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Takatoshi lost rulership of the Takamatsu domain due to an uprising within the fief. The shogunate attaindered his domain, and transferred him to the much smaller Yashima Domain in Dewa Province
Dewa Province
is an old province of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. It was sometimes called .-Historical record:...

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