Nishio Domain

{{Short description|Domain in Mikawa Province, Edo period Japan}} {{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 西尾藩 |conventional_long_name = Nishio Domain |common_name = Nishio Domain |subdivision = Han |nation = |status_text = Domain of Japan |government_type = Daimyō  |capital = Nishio Castle |coordinates = |political_subdiv =  |today = Aichi Prefecture   |year_start = 1601 |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 = 1601–1636 1638–1644 1645–1871 |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 =  }} [[File:Nishio-usitora-yagura.jpg|thumb|250px|right|reconstructed ''yagura'' of Nishio Castle, administrative center for Nishio Domain]]

{{nihongo|'''Nishio Domain'''|西尾藩|Nishio han}} was a feudal domain of the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in former Mikawa Province, in what is now the modern-day city of Nishio in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was centered on Nishio Castle.

==History== When Tokugawa Ieyasu became independent of the Imagawa clan in 1561, he established Nishio Castle, and assigned his close hereditary retainer, Sakai Masachika to become its first castellan. It was a mark of Ieyasu’s favor and trust, as Sakai Masachika was the first of Ieyasu’s retainers to be so honored. Following the Battle of Sekigahara, the Sakai clan was reassigned to more lucrative territories in western Japan, and was replaced by a branch of the Honda clan as first rulers of the new Nishio-han. The domain changed hands with almost every generation, reverting for periods to ''tenryō'' status under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Doi clan held the territory for almost 100 years (1663-1747), and the Ogyu branch of the Matsudaira clan from 1764 until the Meiji restoration in 1867. The final ''daimyō'', Matsudaira Noritsune, took part in the Second Chōshū expedition, and was assigned to guard Osaka and Kyoto, but presided over domain deeply divided between pro- and anti- Shogunal factions. He surrendered to the new Meiji government during the Boshin War, after the defection of many junior samurai to the pro-Imperial cause. The domain had a population of 55,220 people in 13,039 households per the 1867 census, of whom 51,119 people were classed as farmers. The domain maintained its primary residence (kamiyashiki) in Edo at Daimyo-koji, in Marunouchi. Until the An’ei period (1772-1781)<ref>[http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/132.html Edo daimyo.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616074052/http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/132.html |date=2014-06-16 }} {{in lang|ja}}</ref> Nishio Domain was not a single contiguous territory, but consisted of many widely scattered holdings, which at the end of the Edo period consisted of: *Mikawa Province: 112 villages in Hazu, 19 villages in Kamo, 7 villages in Nukata, 4 villages in Hoi, 1 village in Hekikai *Suruga Province: 8 villages in Kitō, 2 villages in Haibara, 1 village in Fuji, 1 village in Suntō, *Echizen Province: 27 villages in Nyū, 7 villages in Nanjō District, Fukui, 3 villages in Sakai

After the abolition of the han system in July 1871, the domain became “Nishio Prefecture”, which later became part of Nukata Prefecture, and finally Aichi Prefecture.

==List of daimyō== {| class=wikitable ! Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''kokudaka'' || Lineage |- |colspan=6|30px '''Honda clan''' (''fudai'') 1601–1617 |- || Honda Yasutoshi (本多康俊)||1601–1617|| ''Nuidono no suke'' (縫殿助)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 20,000 ''koku''||2nd son of Sakai Tadatsugu |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Ogyū-Matsudaira clan''' (''fudai'') 1617–1621 |- || Matsudaira Narishige (松平成重)||1617–1621|| ''Ukon-no-jō'' (右近将監) || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 20,000 ''koku''||transfer to Kameyama Domain |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Honda clan''' (''fudai'') 1621–1636 |- || Honda Toshitsugu (本多俊次)||1621–1636|| ''Shimōsa-no-kami'' (下総守) || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 35,000 ''koku''||son of Honda Yasutoshi; transfer to Kameyama Domain |- |colspan=6|25px'''''tenryō''''' 1636–1638 |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Ōta clan''' (''fudai'') 1638–1644 |- || Ōta Sukemune (太田資宗)||1638–1644|| ''Bitchu-no-kami'' (備中守) || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 15,000 –> 35,000 ''koku''||transfer from Yamakawa Domain; 2nd son of Ōta Shigemasa; transfer to Hamamatsu Domain |- |colspan=6|25px'''''tenryō''''' 1644–1645 |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Ii clan''' (''fudai'') 1645–1659 |- || Ii Naoyoshi (井伊直好)||1645–1659|| ''Hyōbu-no-shō'' (兵部少輔)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 35,000 ''koku''||transfer from Anaka Domain; son of Ii Naokatsu; transfer to Kakegawa Domain |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Mashiyama clan''' (''fudai'') 1659–1663 |- || Mashiyama Masatoshi (増山正利)||1659–1662|| ''Danjō-shōhitsu'' (弾正少弼)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 20,000 ''koku''||son of Aoki Toshinaga |- || Mashiyama Masamitsu (増山正弥)||1662–1663|| ''Hyōbu-no-shō'' (兵部少輔)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 20,000 ''koku''||son of Nasu Tsukemutsu; transfer to Shimodate Domain |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Doi clan''' (''fudai'') 1663–1747 |- || Doi Toshinaga (土井利長)||1663–1681||''Hyōgo-ryō'' (兵庫頭)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||2nd son of Doi Toshikatsu |- || Doi Toshimoto (土井利意)||1681–1724||''Yamashiro-no-kami'' (山城守) || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||7th son of Inaba Masanori |- || Doi Toshitsune (土井利庸)||1724–1734||''Awaji-no-kami'' (淡路守) || Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||adopted from Miura clan |- || Doi Toshinobu (土井利信)||1734–1747||''Iyo-no-kami'' (伊予守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||son of Toshinaga; transfer to Kariya Domain |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Miura clan''' (''fudai'') 1747–1764 |- || Miura Yoshisato (三浦義理)||1747–1756||''Kazue-no-kami'' (主計頭)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||son of Akihiro; transfer from Kariya Domain |- || Miura Akitsugu (三浦明次)||1756–1764|| ''Hyōgo-ryō'' (兵庫頭)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 23,000 ''koku''||3rd son of Akitaka; transfer to Katsuyama Domain |- |colspan=6| 30px '''Ogyū-Matsudaira clan''' (''fudai'') 1764–1871 |- || Matsudaira Norisuke (松平乗祐)||1764–1769||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 60,000 ''koku''||son of Norisato; transfer from Yamagata Domain |- || Matsudaira Norisada (松平乗完)||1769–1793||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守)||Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 60,000 ''koku''||4th son of Norisuke |- || Matsudaira Norihiro (松平乗寛)||1793–1839||''Izumi-no-kami''( 和泉守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 60,000 ''koku''||son of Norisada |- || Matsudaira Noriyasu (松平乗全)||1839–1862||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 60,000 ''koku''||son of Norihiro |- || Matsudaira Noritsune (松平乗秩)||1862–1871||''Izumi-no-kami'' (和泉守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 60,000 ''koku''||2nd son of Norihiro |}

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

==External links== *{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128124043/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/toukai/nisio.html Nishio Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"]

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