270px, Ogasawara Yoshitsugu, founder of Inuyama Domain 270px, Naruse Masamitsu, final daimyo of Inuyama Domain The was a feudal domain in

Owari Province was a province of Japan in the area that today forms the western half of Aichi Prefecture, including the modern city of Nagoya. The province was created in 646. Owari bordered on Mikawa, Mino, and Ise Provinces. Owari and Mino provinces w ...

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. It was not officially designated as a domain by the

Tokugawa Shogunate The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate was established by Tokugawa Ieyasu after victory at the Battle of Sekigahara, ending the civil wars ...

, when major domains were established, but was finally designated a domain in 1868. The domain was controlled from Inuyama Castle, which is located in present-day Inuyama,

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History

Ishikawa Mitsuyoshi, the daimyo of Inuyama Castle, who joined the West Army at the

Battle of Sekigahara The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: ; Kyūjitai: , Hepburn romanization: ''Sekigahara no Tatakai'') was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, ...

in 1600, was deprived of his fief, and instead, Matsudaira Tadayoshi the fourth son of

Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; 31 January 1543 – 1 June 1616) was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was the third of the three "Gr ...

, who joined the Kiyosu Domain, entered Owari with 520,000 koku. At this time, it was the beginning of Inuyama's territory that Ogasawara Yoshitsugu was given territory to Inuyama as the chief retainer of Tadayoshi. In 1607, Yoshitsugu was transferred to the Shimosa Sakura Domain. In this year, in the Kiyosu Domain, the daimyo of the domain, Tadayoshi, died of illness without an heir, and the Kiyosu Domain became a uninusted and kaieki. After that, Ieyasu's ninth son, Tokugawa Yoshinao, ruled Owari as the lord of the Owari Domain, and Hiraiwa Chikakichi, a senior vassal of the

Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period. It was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of ...

, entered Inuyama Castle with 113,000 koku (93,000 koku according to one theory) as Yoshinao's chief retainer. However, in 1611, Chikayoshi died of illness without an heir, and according to his will, his territory was absorbed by the

Owari Domain The Owari-Han, also known as the Owari Domain, was a significant feudal domain in Tokugawa shogunate, Japan during the Edo period. Situated in the western region of what is now Aichi Prefecture, it covered portions of Owari Province, Owari, Mino ...

(however, in the history of the Inuyama Domain, Hiraiwa Yoshinori succeeded Chikayoshi and ruled until 1617). In 1617, Naruse Masashige, a chief retainer of Yoshinao, entered with 30,000 koku, and Naruse Inuyama, who assisted the

, was established here. In 1659, when the third head of the family, Naurse Masachika, he ruled a total of 35,000 koku with an increase of 5,000 koku, and became a senior vassal who ruled the largest chigyo of the

. In addition, Inuyama Castle was developed under the reign of Yoshitsugu, and the castle town and castle were maintained, and it is considered to be a national treasure as a castle with the oldest keep. In January 1868, due to the new government's Ishin-Ritsuhan, the Inuyama Naruse clan officially became the lord of the Inuyama Domain and became independent from the Owari Domain of the Owari Tokugawa clan. In 1869, the final daimyo of the domain, Naruse Masamitsu, was appointed as the governor of the Inuyama Domain due to the return of lands and people. On July 14, 1871 the Inuyama Domain became Inuyama Prefecture, and on November 22, it was merged into Nagoya Prefecture (based on the Owari Domain). Later, after the name of this Nagoya Prefecture was renamed Aichi Prefecture, Nukata Prefecture (former Mikawa Province and former Chita County, Owari Province) were merged.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

**Aichi County - 3 villages **Kasugai-gun - 6 villages **Niwa County - 33 villages **Haguri County - 1 village **Nakajima-gun - 4 villages **Kaito County **Kaisai County - 1 village **Chita County - 4 villages *

Mino Province was a province of Japan in the area of Japan that is today southern Gifu Prefecture. Mino was bordered by Ōmi to the west, Echizen and Hida to the north, Shinano to the east, and Ise, Mikawa, and Owari to the south. Its abbreviated fo ...

**Nakajima County - 3 villages **Tage County - 1 village **Anpachi County - 2 villages

List of daimyo

The Inuyama Domain was controlled by three families: Ogasawara, Hiraiwa, and Naruse. :

History

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

List of daimyo

See also