# Kameda Domain

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**Kameda Domain** (亀田藩, *Kameda-han*) was a [feudal domain](/source/Han_(Japan)) in [Edo period](/source/Edo_period) Japan, located in [Dewa Province](/source/Dewa_Province) (modern-day [Akita Prefecture](/source/Akita_Prefecture)), [Japan](/source/Japan). It was centered on [Kameda Castle](/source/Kameda_Castle) in what is now the city of [Yurihonjō, Akita](/source/Yurihonj%C5%8D,_Akita).

## History

Much of [Dewa Province](/source/Dewa_Province) was controlled by the powerful [Mogami clan](/source/Mogami_clan) during the [Sengoku period](/source/Sengoku_period). However, the Mogami were dispossessed by the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) in 1622, with the majority of their holdings going to the [Satake clan](/source/Satake_clan), who were transferred from [Hitachi Province](/source/Hitachi_Province), to their new (and much smaller) holdings at [Kubota Domain](/source/Kubota_Domain).

The [Iwaki clan](/source/Iwaki_clan) originally ruled a 120,000 *[koku](/source/Koku)* domain in the [Hamadōri](/source/Hamad%C5%8Dri) region of southeast [Mutsu Province](/source/Mutsu_Province) since the [Kamakura period](/source/Kamakura_period), and had established close ties to both the [Date clan](/source/Date_clan) of [Sendai](/source/Sendai) and the [Satake clan](/source/Satake_clan) of [Hitachi](/source/Hitachi_province) during the late [Sengoku period](/source/Sengoku_period). Although the Iwaki clan sided with [Tokugawa Ieyasu](/source/Tokugawa_Ieyasu) at the [Battle of Sekigahara](/source/Battle_of_Sekigahara), due to their close familial ties with [Satake Yoshinobu](/source/Satake_Yoshinobu), they refused to participate in attack Ieyasu ordered on [Uesugi Kagekatsu](/source/Uesugi_Kagekatsu) at [Aizuwakamatsu](/source/Aizuwakamatsu) and were consequently dispossessed of their holdings.

In 1616, the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) relented, and allowed the clan to have the 10,000 *[koku](/source/Koku)* [Shinano Nakamura Domain](/source/Shinano_Nakamura_Domain). In 1623, Iwaki Yoshitaka was transferred to the newly created 20,000 *koku* Kameda Domain, a compact holding consisting of 71 villages in [Yuki County](/source/Yuri_District,_Akita) where his descendants ruled for 13 generations to the [Meiji restoration](/source/Meiji_restoration). Relations remained very strong between with the Satake clan, almost to the extent that Kameda Domain became a semi-subsidiary domain of [Kubota Domain](/source/Kubota_Domain). This drew unfavorable attention from the Tokugawa shogunate, and in 1718, when Iwaki Hidetaka died, his successor was selected from a branch of the Date clan. Ties between the Iwaki and Date clans strengthened over the next several generations.

The domain had a population of 23,894 people in 4356 households per the 1869 census. The clan maintained its primary residence (*kamiyashiki*) in [Edo](/source/Edo) at Daidokoro-cho, in Koishikawa.[1]

During the [Boshin war](/source/Boshin_war), Kameda Domain remained a member of the [Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei](/source/%C5%8Cuetsu_Reppan_D%C5%8Dmei); even after Kubota Domain switched sides. Despite its meager military resources, the domain fought against the forces of pro-Imperial [Shinjō Domain](/source/Shinj%C5%8D_Domain) until an agreement was reached.

The new [Meiji government](/source/Meiji_government) penalized the domain with a reduction in revenues to 18,000 *koku*. With the [abolition of the han system](/source/Abolition_of_the_han_system) in July 1871, and the absorption of Kameda Domain into Akita Prefecture, the final daimyō of Kameda, Iwaki Takakuni, relocated to Tokyo. In 1884, he and his descendants were granted the title of [viscount](/source/Viscount) (*shishaku*) in the *[kazoku](/source/Kazoku)* peerage.

## List of daimyō

- [Iwaki clan](/source/Iwaki_clan) (*tozama*) 1623-1871

Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka 1 Iwaki Yoshitaka (佐竹義隆) 1623–1634 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 2 Iwaki Nobutaka (岩城宣隆) 1628-1656 Tajima-no-kami (但馬守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 3 Iwaki Shigetaka (岩城重隆) 1656-1704 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 4 Iwaki Hidetaka (岩城秀隆) 1685–1735 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 5 Iwaki Takatsugu (岩城隆韶) 1718-1745 Tajima-no-kami (但馬守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 6 Iwaki Takyoshi (岩城隆恭) 1745-1782 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 7 Iwaki Takanori (岩城隆恕) 1782-1817 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 8 Iwaki Takahiro (岩城隆喜) 1817-1853 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 9 Iwaki Takanaga (岩城隆永) 1854-1855 Tajima-no-kami (但馬守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 10 Iwaki Takanobu (岩城隆信) 1855–1855 - none - Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 11 Iwaki Takamasa (岩城隆政) 1855–1861 Shuri-no-kami (修理大夫) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 12 Iwaki Takakuni (岩城隆邦) 1861-1869 Sakyō-no-daibu (左京大夫) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku 13 Iwaki Takaaki (岩城隆彰) 1869-1871 Viscount 5th (従五位) 20,000 ->18,000 koku

## Further reading

- Papinot, E (1910). *Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan*. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.
- Sasaki Suguru (2004). *Boshin Sensō* 戊辰戦争. Tokyo: Chuokōron-shinsha.

## External links

- (in Japanese) [\[1\]](http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/kameda.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202512/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/kameda.html) 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Kameda on "Edo 300 HTML"

## Notes

1. [Edo daimyo.net](http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/179.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160112041320/http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/179.html) 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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