Mikusa Domain
三草藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1746–1871
CapitalMikusa jin'ya
Area
  Coordinates34°56′00.30″N 134°59′41.05″E / 34.9334167°N 134.9947361°E / 34.9334167; 134.9947361
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1746
 Disestablished
1871
Today part ofpart of Hyōgo Prefecture
Mikusa Domain is located in Hyōgo Prefecture
Mikusa Domain
Location of Mikusa jin'ya
Mikusa Domain is located in Japan
Mikusa Domain
Mikusa Domain (Japan)
Niwa Ujinori, final daimyō of Mikusa Domain

Mikusa Domain (三草藩, Mikusa-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in Harima Province in what is now the southwestern portion of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture. It was centered around the Mikusa jin'ya which was located in what is now the city of Katō, Hyōgo. It was controlled by a cadet branch fudai daimyō Niwa clan throughout its history.[1][2][3]

History

The Isshiki-Niwa clan ruled the20,000 koku Iwamura Domain in Mino Province for five generations from 1638 to 1702. The Isshiki-Niwa clan was a cadet branch of the Ashikaga clan, and was thus no relation to the more famous Niwa Nagahide, although both clans served Oda Nobunaga, and later Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Niwa clan ruled for five generations. Due to internal conflicts created by a reform policy, Niwa Ujioto was demoted to 10,000 koku and reassigned to Takayanagi Domain in Echigo Province. His son, Niwa Shigeuji, served in the guard of Osaka Castle in 1739, and his holdings in Echigo were exchanged for holdings in Kawachi, Harima and Mimasaka Provinces. In 1746, he relocated his seat to Mikusa, marking the start of Mikusa Domain. The Isshiki-Niwa clan was unusual in that they were exempt from the sankin kōtai requirement of alternative year attendance on the Shogun in Edo. The domain was an early supporter of the imperial cause in the Boshin War. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system, the domain became "Mikusa Prefecture", which was merged with "Shikama Prefecture", which in turn became part of Hyōgo Prefecture.

The Isshiki-Niwa clan was ennobled with the kazoku peerage title of shishaku (viscount) in 1884.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the han system, Mikusa Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[4][5]

  • Harima Province
    • 3 villages in Minō District
    • 8 villages in Katō District
    • 11 villages in Taka District
    • 11 villages in Kasai District

List of daimyō

#NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt Rankkokudaka
Niwa clan, 1746-1871 (Fudai)
1Niwa Shigeuji (丹羽薫氏)1746 - 1757Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
2Niwa Ujihide (丹羽氏栄)1757 - 1771Shikibu-shoyu (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
3Niwa Ujiyoshi (丹羽氏福)1771 - 1796Shikibu-shoyu (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
4Niwa Ujiteru (丹羽氏昭)1796 - 1827Shikibu-shoyu (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
5Niwa Ujimasa (丹羽氏賢)1827 - 1854Wakasa-no-kami (若狭守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
6Niwa Ujinori (丹羽氏中)1854 - 1871Nagato-no-kami (長門守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku

See also

Further reading

  • Bolitho, Harold. (1974). Treasures Among Men: The Fudai Daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-01655-0; OCLC 185685588

References

  1. Nakayama, Yoshiaki (2015). 江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付. Kosaido Publishing. ISBN 978-4331802946.(in Japanese)
  2. Nigi, Kenichi (2004). 藩と城下町の事典―国別. Tokyodo Printing. ISBN 978-4490106510.
  3. Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
  4. Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
  5. Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
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