was a Japanese

domain Domain may refer to: Mathematics *Domain of a function, the set of input values for which the (total) function is defined ** Domain of definition of a partial function **Natural domain of a partial function **Domain of holomorphy of a function *Do ...

of the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

. It was associated with

Izumo Province was an old province of Japan which today consists of the eastern part of Shimane Prefecture. It was sometimes called . The province is in the Chūgoku region. History During the early Kofun period (3rd century) this region was independent a ...

in modern-day

Shimane Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamag ...

."Izumo Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com
retrieved 2013-4-27. In the

han system ( ja, 藩, "domain") is a Japanese historical term for the estate of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912). Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Han"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 283. or (daimyo domain) ...

, Matsue was a

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studi ...

and

economic An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with t ...

abstraction based on periodic

cadastral A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes and bounds, metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represented gra ...

surveys and projected agricultural yields. In other words, the domain was defined in terms of ''

kokudaka refers to a system for determining land value for taxation purposes under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan, and expressing this value in terms of '' koku'' of rice. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"Koku"in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. ...

'', not land area. This was different from the

feudalism Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structu ...

of the West.

History

The domain was controlled from what is now Matsue Castle in

Matsue, Shimane is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 202,008 (February 1, 2021) following the merger with Higashiizumo from Yatsuka District. Matsue is located at ...

List of ''daimyōs''

The hereditary ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...

'' were head of the clan and head of the domain. * Horio clan, 1600–1633 ('' tozama''; 240,000 '' koku'') Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)
"Horio" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 11
retrieved 2013-4-27. # Horio Yoshiharu # Horio Tadauji # Horio Tadaharu *

Kyōgoku clan The were a Japanese ''daimyō'' clan which rose to prominence during the Sengoku and Edo periods. The clan descend from the Uda Genji through the Sasaki clan.Papinot, Jacques. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28./ref> The name derives ...

, 1634–1637 (''tozama''; 240,000 ''koku'')Papinot, (2003)
"Kyōgoku" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 27
retrieved 2013-4-27. # Kyōgoku Tadataka * Matsudaira (Echizen) clan, 1638–1871 (''

shinpan was a class of ''daimyō'' in the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan who were certain relatives of the ''Shōgun''. While all ''shinpan'' were relatives of the ''shōgun'', not all relatives of the shōgun were ''shinpan''; an example of this is the ...

''; 186,000 ''koku'') # Matsudaira Naomasa #

Matsudaira Tsunataka The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...

Matsudaira Tsunachika The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...

Matsudaira Yoshitō The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of th ...

# Matsudaira Nobuzumi # Matsudaira Munenobu # Matsudaira Harusato #

Matsudaira Naritsune The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of t ...

Matsudaira Naritoki The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). During the Sengoku period, the chieftain of the main line of t ...

Matsudaira Sadayasu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Matsue Domain. Early life Matsudaira Sadayasu was born in 1835, the seventh son of Matsudaira Naritaka of the Tsuyama Domain.Koyasu Nobushige (1880), ''Buke kazoku meiyoden'' vol. ...

Genealogy

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fel ...

, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543–1616; r. 1603–1605) ** Yūki Hideyasu, 1st Lord of Fukui (1574–1607) *** I. Matsudaira Naomasa, 1st Lord of Matsue (cr. 1638) (1601–1666; r. 1638–1666) **** II. Tsunataka, 2nd Lord of Matsue (1631–1675; r. 1666–1675) ***** III. Tsunachika, 3rd Lord of Matsue (1659-1709; r. 1675-1704) ***** IV. Yoshitō, 4th Lord of Matsue (1668–1705; r. 1704–1705) ****** V. Nobuzumi, 5th Lord of Matsue (1698–1731; r. 1705–1731) ******* VI. Munenobu, 6th Lord of Matsue (1729–1782; r. 1731–1767) ******** VII. Harusatō, 7th Lord of Matsue (1751–1818; r. 1767–1806) ********* VIII. Naritsune, 8th Lord of Matsue (1791–1822; r. 1806–1822) ********** IX. Naritoki, 9th Lord of Matsue (1815–1863; r. 1822–1853) **** Chikayoshi, 1st Lord of Hirose (1632–1717) ***** Chikatoki 2nd Lord of Hirose (1659–1702) ****** Chikatomo, 3rd Lord of Hirose (1681–1728) ******* Nagataka, 4th Lord of Tsuyama (1725–1762) ******** Yasuchika, 5th Lord of Tsuyama (1752–1794) ********* Naritaka, 7th Lord of Tsuyama (1788–1838) ********** X. Sadayasu, 10th Lord of Matsue (1855–1882; Lord: 1853-1869; Governor: 1869–1871) *********** Naoaki, 11th family head, 1st Count (1865–1940; 11th family head: 1882–1940; Count: cr. 1884) ************ Tadakuni, 12th family head, 2nd Count (1902–1988; 12th family head: 1940–1988; 2nd Count: 1940–1947) ************* Tadakoto, 13th family head (b. 1925; 13th family head: 1988–) ************** Naotada (b. 1966) Genealogy (jp)
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References

External links

"Matsue" at Edo 300
Domains of Japan Kyōgoku clan Matsue-Matsudaira clan {{japan-hist-stub

History

List of ''daimyōs''

Genealogy

See also

References

External links