# Mibu Domain

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thumb|Site of Mibu Castle
{{nihongo|'''Mibu Domain'''|壬生藩|Mibu han}} was a [feudal domain](/source/Han_(Japan)) under the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) of [Edo period](/source/Edo_period) Japan, located in Tsuga District of [Shimotsuke Province](/source/Shimotsuke_Province) (modern-day [Tochigi Prefecture](/source/Tochigi_Prefecture)), [Japan](/source/Japan). It was centered on [Mibu Castle](/source/Mibu_Castle) in what is now part of the town of [Mibu, Tochigi](/source/Mibu%2C_Tochigi). Mibu was ruled through much of its history by a branch of the ''[fudai](/source/fudai)'' [Torii clan](/source/Torii_clan).

==History==
The Mibu clan, which had ruled this area since the [Muromachi period](/source/Muromachi_period) was destroyed at the [Battle of Odawara](/source/Siege_of_Odawara_(1590)) in 1590, and their lands came under the control of the [Yūki clan](/source/Y%C5%ABki_clan). After the [Battle of Sekigahara](/source/Battle_of_Sekigahara),  [Tokugawa Ieyasu](/source/Tokugawa_Ieyasu) assigned a 19,000 ''koku'' holding in this area to Hineno Yoshiaki, formerly of [Takashima Domain](/source/Suwa_Domain) in [Shinano Province](/source/Shinano_Province) in 1602. Hineno was instrumental in the construction of the [Nikkō Tōshō-gū](/source/Nikk%C5%8D_T%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D-g%C5%AB) complex, and was rewarded for his efforts in 1634 by a transfer to [Funai Domain](/source/Funai_Domain) (20,000 ''koku'').

Mibu was assigned to Abe Tadaaki, who had served as a ''[Rōjū](/source/R%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)'' to ''[Shōgun](/source/Sh%C5%8Dgun)'' [Tokugawa Iemitsu](/source/Tokugawa_Iemitsu), with revenues raised to 25,000 ''koku''. He was reassigned in 1639 to [Oishi Domain](/source/Oishi_Domain) in [Musashi Province](/source/Musashi_Province).

Mibu then came under the control of the [Miura clan](/source/Miura_clan), for three generations, until the transfer of ''[wakadoshiyori](/source/wakadoshiyori)'' Miura Akihiro to [Nobeoka Domain](/source/Nobeoka_Domain) in 1692.

''Shōgun'' [Tokugawa Tsunayoshi](/source/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi) then assigned the domain to [Matsudaira Terusada](/source/Matsudaira_Terusada), with an increase in size to 32,000 ''koku'', and then 42,000 ''koku''; however, he remained for only 3 years until his reassignment to [Takasaki Domain](/source/Takasaki_Domain). The domain was then reduced back to 25,000 ''koku'' and given to Katō Akihide, also a former ''wakadoshiyori'', who made many attempts to reform the domain's finances and administration. After his son, Katō Yoshinori was transferred to [Minakuchi Domain](/source/Minakuchi_Domain) in 1712, Mibu came under the control of the [Torii clan](/source/Torii_clan), who then ruled until the [Meiji Restoration](/source/Meiji_Restoration).

The 6th ''daimyō'', [Torii Tadatomi](/source/Torii_Tadatomi), sided with the [Satchō Alliance](/source/Satch%C5%8D_Alliance) in the [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War) of the Meiji Restoration, and fought in the [Battle of Aizu](/source/Battle_of_Aizu), despite considerable opposition within the ranks of his samurai. The final ''daimyō'', [Torii Tadafumi](/source/Torii_Tadafumi) was later raised to the rank of [viscount](/source/viscount) in the ''[kazoku](/source/kazoku)'' peerage system, and served as the Japanese consul to the [Kingdom of Hawaii](/source/Kingdom_of_Hawaii).

After the [abolition of the han system](/source/abolition_of_the_han_system) in July 1871, Mibu Domain became part of Tochigi Prefecture. The domain had a samurai-class population of 1693 people in 437 households, per a census in 1870.<ref>[http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/95.html Edo daimyo.net {{in lang|ja}}] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113000458/http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/95.html |date=2016-01-13 }}</ref>

==Holdings at the end of the Edo period==
As with most domains in the [han system](/source/han_system), Mibu Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''[kokudaka](/source/kokudaka)'', based on periodic [cadastral](/source/cadastral) surveys and projected agricultural yields.<ref>[Mass, Jeffrey P.](/source/Jeffrey_Mass) 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>

*[Shimotsuke Province](/source/Shimotsuke_Province)
**38 villages in Tsuga District
*[Shimōsa Province](/source/Shim%C5%8Dsa_Province)
**1 village in Katsushika District
**4 villages in Sashima District
**15 villages in Yuki District
*[Yamato Province](/source/Yamato_Province)
**4 villages in Katsuge District
*[Harima Province](/source/Harima_Province)
**25 villages in Mino District
**4 villages in Kato District

==List of ''daimyōs''==
{| class=wikitable
! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''[kokudaka](/source/kokudaka)''
|-
|colspan=6 |25px '''[Hineno clan](/source/Hineno_clan)''' (''[tozama](/source/tozama)'') 1601–1634 <ref>[Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph](/source/Edmond_Papinot). (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 "Hineo" at ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 9]; retrieved 2013-3-31.</ref>
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Hineno Yoshiaikira](/source/Hineno_Yoshiaikira)|日根野吉明}}||1601–1634|| ''Oribe-no-sho'' (織部正)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 19,000 ''koku''
|-
|colspan=6 |30px '''[Abe clan](/source/Abe_clan)''' (''[fudai](/source/fudai)'') 1634–1639 <ref>Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Abe" at p. 1]; retrieved 2013-3-31.</ref>
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Abe Tadaaki](/source/Abe_Tadaaki)| 阿部忠秋}}||1634-1639 || ''Bungo-no-kami'' (豊後守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 25,000 ''koku''
|-
|colspan=6 |30px '''[Miura clan](/source/Miura_clan)''' (''fudai'') 1639–1681 <ref>Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Abe" at p. 1]; retrieved 2013-3-31.</ref>
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Miura Masatsugu](/source/Miura_Masatsugu)| 三浦正次}}||1639–1641||''Shima-no-kami'' (志摩守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 25,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||{{nihongo|[Miura Yasutsugu](/source/Miura_Yasutsugu)| 三浦安次}}||1641–1682|| ''Shima-no-kami''(志摩守)|| Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 25,000 ''koku''
|-
||3||{{nihongo|[Miura Akihiro](/source/Miura_Akihiro)| 三浦明敬}}||1682–1692||''Iki-no-kami''(壱岐守) || Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 25,000 ''koku''
|-
|colspan=6 |30px '''[Matsudaira clan](/source/Matsudaira_clan)''' (''fudai'') 1692–1695<ref>Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Matsudaira (Nagasawa) at p. 31; Ōkochi" at 46]; retrieved 2013-3-31.</ref>
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Matsudaira Terusada](/source/Matsudaira_Terusada)| 松平輝貞}}||1692–1695|| ''Sakyo-no-taifu'' (右京大夫) || Lower 4th (従四 位下)|| 32,000 -> 42,000 ''koku''
|-
|colspan=6 |30px '''[Katō clan](/source/Kato_clan)''' (''fudai'') 1695–1712 <ref>Papinot, (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Katō" at p. 20]; retrieved 2013-3-31.</ref>
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Katō Akihide](/source/Kat%C5%8D_Akihide)| 加藤明英}}||1695–1712||''Etchu-no-kami'' (伊予守)|| Lower 5th (従五 位下)||25,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||{{nihongo|[Katō Yoshinori](/source/Kat%C5%8D_Yoshinori)| 加藤嘉矩}}||1712–1712||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守) || Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 25,000  ''koku''
|-
|colspan=6 |30px '''[Torii clan](/source/Torii_clan)''' (''fudai'') 1712–1868
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadateru](/source/Torii_Tadateru)| 鳥居忠英}}||1712–1716|| ''Iga-no-kami'' (伊賀守) || Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadaakira](/source/Torii_Tadaakira)| 鳥居忠瞭}}||1716–1735|| ''Tamba-no-kami'' (丹波守) || Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||3||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadaoki](/source/Torii_Tadaoki)|居忠意}}||1735–1794|| ''Iga-no-kami'' (伊賀守); ''Jiju'' (侍従) || Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||4||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadateru (2nd)](/source/Torii_Tadateru_(2nd))| 鳥居忠熹}}||1794–1821||''Tamba-no-kami'' (丹波守) ||  Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||5||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadaakira (2nd)](/source/Torii_Tadaakira_(2nd))| 鳥居忠威}}||1821–1826|| ''Tamba-no-kami'' (丹波守) ||  Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||6||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadahiro](/source/Torii_Tadahiro)| 鳥居忠挙}}||1826–1867||''Tamba-no-kami'' (丹波守) ||  Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||7||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadatomi](/source/Torii_Tadatomi)| 鳥居忠宝}}||1857–1870|| ''Tamba-no-kami'' (丹波守) ||  Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
||8||{{nihongo|[Torii Tadafumi](/source/Torii_Tadafumi)| 鳥居忠文}}||1870–1871|| -none- ||  Lower 5th (従五 位下)|| 30,000 ''koku''
|-
|}

==References==
*{{cite book | last = Papinot | first = E. | year = 1910 | title = Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan | publisher = Tuttle (reprint) 1972 }}
*[Bolitho, Harold](/source/Harold_Bolitho). (1974). ''Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan''. New Haven: Yale University Press.
*Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多, Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966). ''Kantō no shohan'' 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.

==External links==
*[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/mibu.html  "Mibu" at Edo 300] {{in lang|ja}}

==Notes==
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Category:History of Tochigi Prefecture
Category:Abe clan
Category:Ōkōchi-Matsudaira clan
Category:Torii clan

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