{{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 鹿島藩 |conventional_long_name = Kashima Domain |common_name = Kashima Domain |subdivision = Han |nation = |status_text = Domain of Japan |government_type = Daimyō <!-- General information --> |title_leader = ''Daimyō'' |leader1 = Nabeshima Tadashige <small>(first)</small> |year_leader1 = 1609-1624 |leader2 = Nabeshima Naoyoshi <small>(last)</small> |year_leader2 = 1844-1871 |capital = {{ill|Tsunehiro Castle|ja|常広城}} (1609–1807)<br>{{ill|Kashima Castle|ja|鹿島城 (肥前国)}} (1807–1871) |coordinates = |political_subdiv = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> |today = Saga Prefecture <!-- Rise and fall, events, years and dates --> <!-- Only fill in the start/end event entry if a specific article exists. Don't just say "abolition" or "declaration". --> |year_start = 1609 |year_end = 1871 |event_start = |date_start = |event_end = <!-- Default: "Disestablished" --> |date_end = <!-- Optional: Date of disestablishment --> |event1 = |date_event1 = |event2 = |date_event2 = |event3 = |date_event3 = |event4 = |date_event4 = |event5 = |date_event5 = |life_span = |era = Edo period |event_pre = <!-- Optional: A crucial event that took place before before "event_start" --> |date_pre = |event_post = <!-- Optional: A crucial event that took place before after "event_end" --> |date_post = <!-- Images --> |image_flag = <!-- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg --> |image_border = <!-- Default: "border"; for non-rectangular flag, type "no" --> |flag_type = <!-- Displayed text for link under flag. Default "Flag" --> |flag = <!-- Link target under flag image. Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}} --> |image_coat = Japanese Crest Nabesima Gyouyou.svg |symbol_type = ''Mon'' of the Nabeshima clan |symbol = <!-- Link target under symbol image. Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}} --> |image_map = File:Kashima Shrine and waterway in Tsunehiro, Kashima.jpg |image_map_caption = Kashima Shrine of site of Kashima Castle <!-- Area and population of a given year (up to 5) --> |stat_year1 = <!-- year of the statistic, specify either area, population or both, numbered 1–5 --> |stat_area1 = <!-- area in square kilometres (w/o commas or spaces), area in square miles is calculated --> |stat_pop1 = <!-- population (w/o commas or spaces), population density is calculated if area is also given --> |footnotes = <!-- Accepts wikilinks --> {{Location map|Japan Saga Prefecture#Japan |width = |float = |border = |caption = Location of Kashima Castle |alt = |relief = 1 |AlternativeMap= |overlay_image = |label = |label_size = |position = |background = |mark = |marksize = |coordinates= {{coord|33|6|10|N|130|5|36|E}} }}}} right|thumb|270px|The Ote-mon Gate of Kashima Castle right|thumb|270px|Old samurai residence of Kashima Castle [[File:Nabeshima Naoyoshi.jpg |right|thumb|270px|Nabeshima Naoyoshi, final daimyo of Kashima Domain]]
{{nihongo|'''Kashima Domain'''|鹿島藩|Kashima-han}} was a Japanese domain of the Edo period. It was regarded as a sub-domain of Saga Domain. The domain was centered in what is now the city of Kashima, Saga. It was ruled by a cadet branch of the ''tozama daimyō'' Nabeshima clan for all of its history.<ref name="Nakayama">{{cite book |last1=Nakayama |first1=Yoshiaki |title=江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付 |date=2015 |publisher=Kosaido Publishing |isbn= 978-4331802946}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref><ref name="Nigi">{{cite book |last1=Nigi |first1=Kenichi |title=藩と城下町の事典―国別 |date=2004 |publisher=Tokyodo Printing |isbn=978-4490106510}}</ref><ref name="Papinot">{{cite book | last = Papinot | first = E| year = 1910| title = Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan | publisher = Tuttle (reprint) 1972 }}</ref> ==History== Nabeshima Tadashige, the younger sibling of Nabeshima Katsushige, the inaugural ''daimyō'' of the Saga Domain, received 20,000 ''koku'' and permission to establish a cadet branch of the Nabeshima clan in 1610. He then acquired an additional 5,000 ''koku'' in Katori District, Shimōsa Province, his birthplace, thereby establishing the domain with a total of 25,000 ''koku''. The domain was centered around Tsunehiro Castle, located in what is now the urban center of the city of Kashima, Saga. In 1642, during the tenure of the second ''daimyō'' Nabeshima Masashige, Nabeshima Katsushige asked to adopt his ninth son, Naotomo. However, as Masashige had no other heir, his request was denied. This outraged the parent house, as the very purpose of establishing a sub-domain with a cadet branch of the clan was to provide "insurance" for the main lineage, and the idea of refusing one's overlord and clan chieftain was unheard of. This lead Masashige being forced to return 20,000 ''koku'' of territory, accept a reduction in status to ''hatamoto'', and was sent to Shimōsa to oversee his father's original 5,000 ''koku'' estate. Eventually, Katsushige bestowed his 20,000 ''koku'' territory, upon Nabeshima Naotomo. Nabeshima Naoto, the ninth ''daimyō'', constructed Kashima Castle in 1821, designating it as his official residence. Following the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures in 1871, "Kashima Prefecture" was formed. It later merged with Saga Prefecture through a series of administrative changes involving Imari Prefecture, Saga Prefecture, Mizuma Prefecture, and Nagasaki Prefecture. Nabeshima Naoyoshi, the final ''daimyō'', was granted the title of viscount in the ''kazoku'' peerage order in 1884.
The Akamon (main gate), Otemon, and the earthen walls of the Jin'ya have survived to this day. Additionally, the Tsunehiro Castle Gate has been relocated to a private residence, preserving a piece of historical architecture.
==Holdings at the end of the Edo period== As with most domains in the han system, Hasunoike Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''kokudaka'', based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.<ref>Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv99D510nHcC&pg=PA150&dq= ''The Bakufu in Japanese History,'' p. 150].</ref><ref>Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=T2_5_W7UFXwC&pg=PA18&dq= ''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18].</ref>
*Hizen Province **11 villages in Fujitsu District
== List of daimyō == <ref name="papinot38">Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nabeshima" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 38–39]; retrieved 2013-5-30.</ref>
:{| class=wikitable ! ||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''Kokudaka'' |- |colspan=6| 25px '''Nabeshima clan,''' 1609 - 1871 (''Tozama daimyo'') |- ||1||Nabeshima Tadashige (鍋島忠茂)||1609 – 1624||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守) ||Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||25,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||Nabeshima Masashige (鍋島正茂)||1624 – 1642|| - none - || Junior 6th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||25,000 --> 5000 ''koku'' |- ||3||Nabeshima Naotomo (鍋島直朝)||1642 – 1672|| ''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守) ||Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||5000 koku --> 20,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||Nabeshima Naoeda (鍋島直條)||1672 – 1705|| ''Bizen-no-kami'' (備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||Nabeshima Naokata (鍋島直堅) ||1705 – 1727|| ''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守) ||Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||6||Nabeshima Naosato (鍋島直郷)||1728 – 1763|| ''Bizen-no-kami'' (備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||7||Nabeshima Naohiro(鍋島直熙)||1763 – 1770|| ''Bizen-no-kami'' (備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||8||Nabeshima Naoyoshi (鍋島直宜)||1770 – 1801|| ''Bizen-no-kami''(備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||9||Nabeshima Naonori (鍋島直彜)||1800 – 1820|| ''Tanba-no-kami'' (丹波守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||10||Nabeshima Naonaga (鍋島直永)||1820 – 1839|| ''Tanba-no-kami'' (丹波守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||11||Nabeshima Naoharu (鍋島直晴)||1839|| ''None'' || ''None'' ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||12||Nabeshima Naokata (鍋島直賢)||1840 – 1848|| ''Bizen-no-kami''(備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- ||13||Nabeshima Naoyoshi (鍋島直彬)||1848 – 1871|| ''Bizen-no-kami''(備前守) || Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) ||20,000 ''koku'' |- |}
== See also == * List of Han * Abolition of the han system
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120114180142/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/kasima.html "Kashima" at Edo 300] {{in lang|ja}}
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