Kawagoe Domain

Kawagoe Castle daimyo residence, administrative headquarters of Kawagoe Domain

Kawagoe Domain (川越藩, Kawagoe-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Musashi Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Kawagoe Castle,[1] located in what is the city of Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture.

History

The domain had its beginning in 1590, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated the later Hōjō clan in the Siege of Odawara. Hideyoshi awarded vast Hōjō holdings to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who enfeoffed Sakai Shigetada as daimyō of Kawagoe with a assessed kokudaka of 10,000 koku. Shigetada was transferred in 1601, and the next daimyo was appointed in 1609.

Afterwards, the domain was reassigned every couple of generations to a large number of fudai daimyo clans, spending the longest time under the control of a branch of the Echizen Matsudaira clan (1767–1867) with a rating of 170,000 koku.

The final daimyō of Kawagoe, Matsudaira Yasutoshi, served as domain governor until 1871, and was awarded the title of shishaku (marquis) under the kazoku peerage system. Kawagoe Domain subsequently became part of Saitama Prefecture.

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the han system, Kawagoe Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2][3]

List of daimyōs

    #NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt RankkokudakaNotes
    Sakai clan (fudai) 1590–1601
    1Sakai Shigetada (酒井重忠)1590–1601Kawachi-no-kami (河内守)Lower 5th (従五位下)10,000 kokutransfer to Maebashi Domain
    Sakai clan (fudai) 1609–1634
    1Sakai Tadatoshi (酒井忠利)1609–1627Bungo-no-kami (備後守)Lower 5th (従五位下)20,000 → 37,000 kokutransfer from Tanaka Domain
    2Sakai Tadakatsu (酒井忠勝)1627–1634’'Sasho-sho (左少将) Lower 4th (従四位下)80,000 → 100,000 kokutransfer to Obama Domain
    Hotta clan (fudai) 1635–1638
    1Hotta Masamori (堀田正俊)1635–1638Kaga-no-kami (加賀守)Lower 4th (従四位下)35,000 kokutransfer to Matsumoto Domain
    Matsudaira (Nagasawa-Ōkōchi) clan (fudai) 1639–1694
    1Matsudaira Nobutsuna (松平信綱)1639–1662Izu-no-kami (伊豆守)Lower 4th (従四位下)70,000 kokufrom Oshi Domain
    2Matsudaira Terutsuna (松平輝綱)1662–1672Kai-no-kami (甲斐守)Lower 5th (従五位下)70,000 koku
    3Matsudaira Nobuteru (松平信輝)1672–1694Izu-no-kami (伊豆守)Lower 5th (従五位下)70,000 kokutransfer to Koga Domain
    Yanagisawa clan (fudai) 1694–1704
    1Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu (松平康長)1694-1704Mino-no-kami (美濃守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)72,000->112,000 koku
    Akimoto clan (fudai) 1704–1767
    1Akimoto Takatomo (秋元喬知)1704–1714Tajima-no-kami (但馬守)Lower 4th (従四位下)50,000 → 60,000 kokutransfer from Tanimura Domain
    2Akimoto Takafusa (秋元喬房)1714–1737Tajima-no-kami (但馬守)Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 koku
    3Akimoto Takamoto (秋元喬求)1738–1742Etchu-no-kami (越中守)Lower 5th (従五位下)
    4Akimoto Takatomo (秋元凉朝)1742–1767Tajima-no-kami (但馬守)Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 kokutransfer to Yamagata Domain
    Matsudaira (Echizen) clan (fudai) 1767–1867
    1Matsudaira Motonori (松平朝矩)1767–1768Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)150,000 kokutransfer from Maebashi Domain
    2Matsudaira Naotsuna (松平直恒)1768–1810Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)150,000 koku
    3Matsudaira Naonobu (松平直温)1810–1816Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)150,000 koku
    4Matsudaira Naritsune (松平斉典)1816–1850Sakon-no-shosho (左近衛少将); Jijū (侍従)Upper 4th (従四位上)150,000 → 170,000 koku
    5Matsudaira Tsunenori (松平典則)1850–1854Yamato-no-kami (大和守)Lower 5th (従五位下)170,000 koku
    6Matsudaira Naoyoshi (松平直侯)1855–1861Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 5th (従五位下)170,000 koku
    7Matsudaira Naokatsu (松平直克)1861–1867Sakon-no-shosho (左近衛少将); Jijū (侍従)Upper 4th (従四位上)170,000 koku
    Matsudaira (Matsui) clan (fudai) 1861–1871
    1Matsudaira Yasuhide (松平康英)1866–1869Suo-no-kami (周防守); Jiju (侍従)Lower 5th (従五位下)84,000 kokufrom Tanakura Domain
    2Matsudaira Yasutoshi (松平康載)1869–1871Suo-no-kami (周防守)Lower 5th (従五位下)84,000 kokudomainal governor

    See also

    List of Han

    References

    • The content of this article was largely derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
    • Papinot, E. (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

    Notes

    1. ↑ "Kawagoe Castle" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com; retrieved 2013-7-2.
    2. ↑ Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.
    3. ↑ Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.
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