The was a Japanese

domain A domain is a geographic area controlled by a single person or organization. Domain may also refer to: Law and human geography * Demesne, in English common law and other Medieval European contexts, lands directly managed by their holder rather ...

located in

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 ...

(present-day

Kaizu, Gifu Kiso Sansen Park Center is a city located in Gifu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 34,960, and a population density of 310 persons per km2, in 12,167 households. The total area of the city was . Most of the city is located at sea ...

). For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch 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 ...

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 ...

Matsudaira Katamori Matsudaira Katamori after the Meiji restoration was a samurai who lived in Bakumatsu period and the early to mid Meiji period Japan. He was the 9th ''daimyō'' of the Aizu Domain and the Kyoto Shugoshoku (Military Commissioner of Kyoto). He ...

Matsudaira Sadaaki was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Bakumatsu period, who was the last ruler of the Kuwana Domain. Sadaaki was the adopted heir of Matsudaira Sadamichi, the descendant of Sadatsuna, the third son of Hisamatsu Sadakatsu (1569–1623), who was ...

Tokugawa Yoshikatsu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the late Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain as its 14th (1849–1858) and 17th daimyō (1870–1880). He was the brother of Matsudaira Katamori. His childhood name was Hidenosuke (秀之助). Early years Yoshi ...

, and Tokugawa Mochinaga, four important figures in

Bakumatsu were the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate Meiji Restoration, ended. Between 1853 and 1867, under foreign diplomatic and military pressure, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a Feudali ...

-era Japan, were the sons of

Matsudaira Yoshitatsu 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 the ...

, one of Takasu's last ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji era, Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and no ...

''.

History

In 1600, after 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, ...

, Takagi Morikane was dispossessed of Takasu Castle for having sided with the pro-Toyotomi Western Army under

Ishida Mitsunari was a Japanese samurai and military commander of the late Sengoku period of Japan. He is probably best remembered as the commander of the Western army in the Battle of Sekigahara following the Azuchi–Momoyama period of the 16th century. He ...

. He was replaced by Tokunaga Nagamasa, one 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 ...

’s generals and was assigned a fief with a ''

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. 5 ...

'' of 50,673 ''

koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. One koku is equivalent to 10 or approximately , or about of rice. It converts, in turn, to 100 shō and 1,000 gō. One ''gō'' is the traditional volume of a single serving of rice (before co ...

''. The marked the start of Takasu Domain under 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 ...

. His son, Tokunaga Masashige, increased the ''kokudaka'' to 53,000 ''koku''; however, he was dispossessed in 1628 over his failure to complete the rebuilding of the walls of

Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Layout Th ...

, and the domain was suppressed. Takasu Domain was revived in 1640 as a 22,000 ''koku'' holding for a cadet branch of the

Ogasawara clan The was a Japanese samurai clan descended from the Seiwa Genji.Papinot, Jacques. (2003)''Nobiliare du Japon'' – Ogasawara, pp. 44–45 Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon.'' (in Fren ...

from

Sekiyado Domain was a Han (Japan), feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture and southern portion of Ibaraki Prefecture in modern-day, Japan). It was centered on Sekiyad ...

in Shimōsa. However, the domain suffered greatly from flood damage, and the shogunate transferred the Ogasawara to Katsuyama Domain in Echizen in 1691. The domain was revived a third time in 1700, this time as a 30,000 ''koku'' holding for Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, the younger son of

Tokugawa Mitsutomo was daimyō of Owari Domain during early Edo period Japan. Biography Tokugawa Mitsutomo was the eldest son of the first daimyō of Owari Domain, Tokugawa Yoshinao by a concubine. He undertook his '' genpuku'' ceremony under Shōgun Tokugawa Iem ...

. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki was already ''daimyō'' of the 30,000 ''koku'' Takai Domain in

since 1681, and traded this territory of Takasu Domain, which then became a subsidiary to Owari Domain. The domain remained in the hands of his descendants until the

Meiji restoration The , referred to at the time as the , and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored Imperial House of Japan, imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Althoug ...

. Although administered as a part of Owari Domain, the position of Takasu Domain was somewhat ambiguous, as it was authorized directly by the shogunate rather than by Owari Domain. On the other hand, its ''daimyō'' lived permanently in Edo, and administered domain affairs through appointed officials, rather than residing in the domain and was thus not subject to ''Sankin-kōtai''.

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the

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, Takasu Domain consisted of a discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''

'', 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 represente ...

surveys and projected agricultural yields. *Mino Province ** 13 villages in Kaisai District **15 villages in Ishizu District *Shinano Province **42 villages in Ina District

List of daimyō

Simplified genealogy

, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun (1543-1616; r. 1603–1605) **

Tokugawa Yoshinao was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Biography Born the ninth son of Tokugawa Ieyasu with his concubine, Okame no Kata. His childhood name was Gorōtamaru (五郎太丸). While still a young child, he was appointed leader ...

, 1st Lord of Owari (1601-1650) *** Tokugawa Mitsutomo, 2nd Lord of Owari (1625-1700) ****Tokugawa Tsunanari, 3rd Lord of Owari (1652-1699) ***** II. Matsudaira Yoshitaka, 2nd Lord of Takasu (1694-1732; r. 1715–1732) **** I. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, 1st Lord of Takasu (1656-1715; Lord of Takasu: cr. 1700) ****Matsudaira Tomoaki, Head of the Kawado-Kubo line (1678-1728) ***** III. Matsudaira Yoshiaki, 3rd Lord of Takasu (later Tokugawa Munekatsu, 8th Lord of Owari) (1705-1761; 3rd Lord of Takasu: 1732–1739; 8th Lord of Owari: 1739–1761) ****** IV. Matsudaira Yoshitoshi, 4th Lord of Takasu (1734-1771; r. 1739–1771) ******* V. Matsudaira Yoshitomo, 5th Lord of Takasu (1760-1793; r. 1771–1777) ******* VI. Matsudaira Yoshihiro, 6th Lord of Takasu (1762-1795; r. 1777–1795) ****** VII. Matsudaira Katsumasa, 7th Lord of Takasu (1738-1801; r. 1795–1801) **

Tokugawa Yorinobu was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the early Edo period. Born under the name Nagatomimaru (長福丸), he was the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, by his concubine Kageyama-dono. On December 8, 1603, Yorinobu received the fief of Mito, then rated at 2 ...

, 1st Lord of Kishū (1602-1671) ***

Tokugawa Mitsusada was a ''daimyō'' in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1868). Mitsusada was born as the son and heir of Tokugawa Yorinobu and a grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu with the childhood name Nagatomimaru (長福丸). Among his sons was the eighth Tokugaw ...

, 2nd Lord of Kishū (1627-1705) ****

Tokugawa Yoshimune was the eighth ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, ruling from 1716 until his abdication in 1745. He was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the grandson of Tokugawa Yorinobu, and the great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Yoshimune is know ...

, 8th Tokugawa Shōgun (1684-1751; 5th Lord of Kishū: 1705–1716; 8th Tokugawa Shōgun: 1716–1745) *****

Tokugawa Munetada was a Japanese samurai of the mid-Edo period who was the founder of the Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family, one of the Gosankyō, the three lesser branches of the Tokugawa family. He was the fourth son of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the eighth shōgun with his ...

, 1st Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1721-1765) ****** Tokugawa Harusada, 2nd Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1751-1827) ******* VIII. Matsudaira Yoshisue, 8th Lord of Takasu (1785-1804; r. 1801–1804) ** Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603-1661) *** Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622-1695) **** Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661-1687) ***** Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680-1735) ****** Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705-1730) *******Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728-1766) ********Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751-1805) ********* IX. Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu (1776-1832; r. 1804–1832) ********** X. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu (1800-1862; r. 1832–1850) *********** XI. Matsudaira Yoshichika, 11th Lord of Takasu (later Tokugawa Mochinaga, 10th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head) (1831-1884; r. 1850–1858) ************ XII. Matsudaira Yoshimasa, 12th Lord of Takasu (1858-1860; r. 1858–1860) *********** XIII. Matsudaira Yoshitake, 13th Lord of Takasu (1859-1891; r. 1860–1869)

References

*Kobiyama, Rokurō (2005). ''Shashinshū: Matsudaira Katamori no shōgai''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
"Takasu-han" on ''Edo 300 HTML''
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