Nanokaichi Domain

{{Short description|Feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo-period Japan}} {{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 七日市藩 |conventional_long_name = Nanokaichi Domain |common_name = Nanokaichi Domain |subdivision = Han |nation = |status_text = under Tokugawa shogunate Japan |government_type = Daimyō  |capital = {{ill|Nanokaichi jin'ya|ja|七日市陣屋|lt=Nanokaichi ''jin'ya''}} |coordinates = |political_subdiv =  |today = part of Gunma Prefecture   |year_start = 1616 |year_end = 1871 |event_start = |date_start =  |event_end =  |date_end =  |event1 =  |date_event1 = |event2 = |date_event2 = |event3 = |date_event3 = |event4 = |date_event4 = |event5 = |date_event5 = |life_span = |era = Edo period |event_pre =  |date_pre = |event_post =  |date_post =  |image_flag =  |image_border =  |flag_type =  |flag =  |image_coat = |symbol_type = |symbol =  |image_map = |image_map_caption =  |stat_year1 =  |stat_area1 =  |stat_pop1 =  |footnotes =  }} {{nihongo|'''Nanokaichi Domain'''|七日市藩|Nanokaichi-han}} was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Nanokaichi ''jin'ya'' in what is now part of the city of Tomioka, Gunma. Parts of the ''jin'ya'', including the ''daimyō'' residence and gardens are preserved on the original site (now part of Tomioka High School). Nanokaichi was ruled throughout its history by a junior branch of the Maeda clan of Kaga.

==History== Maeda Toshitaka, the 5th son of Maeda Toshiie was awarded a fief of 10,000 ''koku'' by Tokugawa Ieyasu for his services during the Siege of Osaka. The location of the new holding in Kōzuke Province was selected partly to provide the Maeda clan a convenient stopping point in the ''sankin-kōtai'' procession to the shōgun's court in Edo.

During the rule of Maeda Toshiyoshi, the 11th ''daimyō'' of Nanokaichi, an extensive fiscal reform program was undertaken. However, during the rule of his successor, Maeda Toshiakira, although a domain academy was established, the ''jin'ya'' along with most of the town burned down in a fire and the domain suffered from repeated crop failures, leading to a request for assistance to the parent house in Kaga Domain.

During the Boshin War, the domain sided with the imperial forces. After the end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Nanokaichi Domain became Nanokaichi Prefecture, which later became part of Gunma Prefecture. The domain had a population of 614 in 174 households per a census in 1840. The domain's residence in Edo was located near Hanzōmon<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/257.html |title=Edo daimyo.net {{in lang{{!}}ja}} |access-date=2015-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406032744/http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/257.html |archive-date=2015-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Holdings at the end of the Edo period== Unlike most domains in the han system, which typically 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> Nanokaichi Domain was a unitary domain with 21 villages in Kanra District, Kōzuke Province.

*Kōzuke Province **21 villages in Kanra District

==List of ''daimyōs''== {| class=wikitable ! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''kokudaka'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Maeda clan''' (''Tozama'') 1616–1871 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshitaka| 前田利孝}}||1616–1637|| ''Yamato-no-kami'' (大和守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshimoto| 前田利意}}||1637–1685||''Ukon-daifu'' (兵部少輔)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||3||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshihiro| 前田利広}}||1685–1693|| unknown || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshiyoshi| 前田利慶}}||1693–1695||unknown|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshifuda| 前田利英}}||1695–1708|| unknown || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||6||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshitada|前田利理}}||1708–1756||''Tango-no-kami'' (丹後守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||7||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshihisa| 前田利尚}}||1756–1782|| ''Yamato-no-kami'' (大和守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||8||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshiakira| 前田利見}}||1782–1786||''Ukon-e-no-shogen'' (右近将監)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||9||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshomochi| 前田利以}}||1786–1808|| ''Yamato-no-kami'' (大和守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||10||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshiyoshi| 前田利和}}||1808–1839|| ''Yamato-no-kami'' (大和守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||11||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshiakira (II) 前田利豁||1840–1869||''Tango-no-kami'' (丹後守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||12||{{nihongo|Maeda Toshikaki 前田利昭||1869–1871|| ''Hizen-no-kami'' (肥前守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- |}

==References== *{{cite book | last = Papinot | first = Edmond |author-link = Edmond Papinot | year = 1910 | title = Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan | publisher = Tuttle (reprint) 1972 }}

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

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Category:Domains of Japan Category:1615 establishments in Japan Category:States and territories established in 1615 Category:1871 disestablishments in Japan Category:States and territories disestablished in 1871 Category:Kōzuke Province Category:History of Gunma Prefecture Category:Maeda clan

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