Yoshida Domain
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was a Japanese domain
of the Edo period
, located in eastern Mikawa Province
(modern-day Aichi Prefecture
), Japan
. It was centered on Yoshida Castle
in what is now the city of Toyohashi, Aichi
. It was ruled by a number of different fudai
daimyō
over the course of the Edo period
, before finally passing into the hands of the Matsudaira (Ōkōchi) clan
. Just before its dissolution it was renamed, and it became the .
transferred Tokugawa Ieyasu
to the Kantō region
, and gave a portion of his former territories in eastern Mikawa to Ikeda Terumasa
. Terumasa developed the castle town
around Yoshida Castle and embarked on a massive and ambitious expansion plan for the castle itself. However, following the Battle of Sekigahara
, he was reassigned to Himeji Castle
, and left Yoshida even before a central donjon had been completed.
Following the creation of the Tokugawa shogunate
, Yoshida became center of Yoshida Domain. The holding was considered strategic due to its location. It was an post station
on the Tōkaidō
connecting Edo
and Kyoto
. It was also an ocean port and river port.
After the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate
, Yoshida Castle became the center of Yoshida Domain, a feudal domain
, which occupied a strategic position on the Tōkaidō
between Edo
and Nagoya. The domain was assigned to several different fudai
daimyō
clans until coming into the possession of the Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) clan
in 1752, which remained in residence at Yoshida until the Meiji Restoration
.
The final daimyō of Yoshida, Matsudaira Nobuhisa, held a number of important posts in the Bakumatsu period government. With the Boshin War
, the samurai
of the domain were deeply divided over which side to support. However, with the fall of Nagoya Domain to pro-Imperial forces in February 1868, he surrendered the castle without resistance to the Meiji government in March 1868. Due to possible confusion with Iyo-Yoshida Domain, the name of the domain was changed to “Toyohashi Domain” in June 1869.
After the end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system
in July 1871, Toyohashi Domain became “Toyohashi Prefecture”, which merged with the short lived Nukata Prefecture
in November 1871, which later became part of Aichi Prefecture.
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 eastern Mikawa Province
Mikawa Province
is an old province in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Mikawa bordered on Owari, Mino, Shinano, and Tōtōmi Provinces....
(modern-day Aichi Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...
), Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It was centered on Yoshida Castle
Yoshida Castle
is a Japanese castle located in Toyohashi, southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Yoshida Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain. The castle was also known as , and later as Toyohashi Castle.-Description:...
in what is now the city of Toyohashi, Aichi
Toyohashi, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on August 1, 1906. As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 383,691 and a density of 1,468.62 persons per km². The total area is . By size, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-largest city until March 31,...
. It was ruled by a number of different fudai
Fudai
was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration.-Origins:...
daimyō
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...
over the course 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....
, before finally passing into the hands of the Matsudaira (Ōkōchi) 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...
. Just before its dissolution it was renamed, and it became the .
History
Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, Toyotomi HideyoshiToyotomi Hideyoshi
was a daimyo warrior, general and politician of the Sengoku period. He unified the political factions of Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle...
transferred 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...
to the Kantō region
Kanto region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....
, and gave a portion of his former territories in eastern Mikawa to Ikeda Terumasa
Ikeda Terumasa
was a Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period. His court title was Musashi no Kami.Terumasa fought in many of the battles of the late Azuchi-Momoyama Period, and due to his service at the Battle of Sekigahara, received a fief at Himeji....
. Terumasa developed the castle town
Castle town
A castle town is a settlement built adjacent to or surrounding a castle. Castle towns are common in Medieval Europe. Good example include small towns like Alnwick and Arundel, which are still dominated by their castles...
around Yoshida Castle and embarked on a massive and ambitious expansion plan for the castle itself. However, following the Battle of Sekigahara
Battle of Sekigahara
The , popularly known as the , was a decisive battle on October 21, 1600 which cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu...
, he was reassigned to Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle
When the han feudal system was abolished in 1871, Himeji Castle was put up for auction. The castle was purchased by a Himeji resident for 23 Japanese yen...
, and left Yoshida even before a central donjon had been completed.
Following the creation 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...
, Yoshida became center of Yoshida Domain. The holding was considered strategic due to its location. It was an post station
Shukuba
were post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes. They were also called shukueki . These post stations were places where travelers could rest on their journey around the nation...
on the Tōkaidō
Tokaido (road)
The ' was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name....
connecting Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...
and Kyoto
Kyoto
is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...
. It was also an ocean port and river port.
After the establishment 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...
, Yoshida Castle became the center of Yoshida Domain, a feudal 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:...
, which occupied a strategic position on the Tōkaidō
Tokaido (road)
The ' was the most important of the Five Routes of the Edo period, connecting Edo to Kyoto in Japan. Unlike the inland and less heavily travelled Nakasendō, the Tōkaidō travelled along the sea coast of eastern Honshū, hence the route's name....
between Edo
Edo
, also romanized as Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868...
and Nagoya. The domain was assigned to several different fudai
Fudai
was a class of daimyo who were hereditary vassals of the Tokugawa in Edo period Japan. It was primarily the fudai who filled the ranks of the Tokugawa administration.-Origins:...
daimyō
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...
clans until coming into the possession of the Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) 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...
in 1752, which remained in residence at Yoshida until the Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration
The , also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution, Reform or Renewal, was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868...
.
The final daimyō of Yoshida, Matsudaira Nobuhisa, held a number of important posts in the Bakumatsu period government. With the Boshin War
Boshin War
The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court....
, the samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
of the domain were deeply divided over which side to support. However, with the fall of Nagoya Domain to pro-Imperial forces in February 1868, he surrendered the castle without resistance to the Meiji government in March 1868. Due to possible confusion with Iyo-Yoshida Domain, the name of the domain was changed to “Toyohashi Domain” in June 1869.
After the end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system
Abolition of the han system
The was an act, in 1871, of the new Meiji government of the Empire of Japan to replace the traditional feudal domain system and to introduce centralized government authority . This process marked the culmination of the Meiji Restoration in that all daimyo were required to return their authority...
in July 1871, Toyohashi Domain became “Toyohashi Prefecture”, which merged with the short lived Nukata Prefecture
Nukata Prefecture
was a prefecture in the Chūbu region of Japan, comprising the former state of Mikawa and the Chita Peninsula. It was merged into Aichi Prefecture on November 27, 1872....
in November 1871, which later became part of Aichi Prefecture.
List of daimyō
- Matsudaira (Takenoya) clanMatsudaira clanThe 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) 1600-1612# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1600–1610 玄蕃頭 Lower 5th (従五位下) 30,000 koku 2 1610–1612 玄蕃頭 Lower 5th (従五位下) 30,000 koku - Matsudaira (Fukōzu) clanMatsudaira clanThe 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) 1612-1632# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1612–1632 主殿頭 Lower 5th (従五位下) 30,000 koku 2 1632–1632 主殿頭 Lower 5th (従五位下) 30,000 koku - Mizuno clanMizuno clanThe 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) 1632-1645# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1632–1642 隼人正 Lower 5th (従五位下) 40,000 koku 2 1642–1645 大監物 Lower 5th (従五位下) 45,000 koku
- Ogasawara clanOgasawara clanThe was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Ogasawara acted as shugo of Shinano province in the medieval period The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji. The Ogasawara acted as shugo (governors) of Shinano province in the medieval period The was a...
(fudai) 1645-1697# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1645–1663 Oki-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 45,000-->40,000 koku 2 1663–1678 Yamashiro-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 40,000 koku 3 1678–1690 Oki-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 40,000 koku 4 1690–1697 Sado-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 40,000 koku - Kuze clan (fudai) 1697-1705
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1697–1705 Yamato-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 50,000 koku - Makino clanMakino clanThe are a daimyō branch of the samurai Minamoto clan in Edo period Japan.In the Edo period, the Makino were identified as one of the fudai or insider daimyō clans which were hereditary vassals or allies of the Tokugawa clan, in contrast with the tozama or outsider clans.-Makino clan branches:The...
(fudai) 1705-1712# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1705–1707 Bizen-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 80,000 koku 2 1707–1712 Bingo-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 80,000 koku - Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) clanMatsudaira clanThe 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) 1712-1729# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1712–1729 Izu-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 70,000 koku - Matsudaira (Honjō) clanMatsudaira clanThe 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) 1729-1749# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1729–1749 Bungo-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku - Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) clan (fudai) 1752-1871
# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues 1 1752–1768 Izu-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku 2 1768–1770 Izu-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku 3 1770–1817 Izu-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 70,000 koku 4 1817–1842 Izu-no-kami Lower 4th (従四位下) 70,000 koku 5 1842–1844 Izu-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku 6 1844–1849 Izu-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku 7 1849–1871 Izu-no-kami Lower 5th (従五位下) 70,000 koku