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{{short description|Feudal domain of the Edo period of Japan}}
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thumb|right|Ruins of Obama Castle
thumb|right|Wall corner of Obama Castle
The {{nihongo|'''Obama Domain'''|小浜藩|Obama-han}} was a ''[Fudai](/source/Fudai)'' [feudal domain](/source/Han_(Japan)) of the [Edo period](/source/Edo_period) of [Japan](/source/Japan).[Ravina, Mark. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nqdT8xPiFNYC&dq=kurioshi+han+domain&pg=PA245 ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan,'' p. 222].] It is located in [Wakasa Province](/source/Wakasa_Province), in the [Hokuriku region](/source/Hokuriku_region) of the island [Honshū](/source/Honsh%C5%AB). The domain was centered at [Obama Castle](/source/Obama_Castle_(Fukui)), located in the center of what is now the city of [Obama](/source/Obama%2C_Fukui) in [Fukui Prefecture](/source/Fukui_Prefecture).
==History==
Obama was an important seaport from ancient times due to its proximity to the capital of Japan. In the [Sengoku period](/source/Sengoku_period), the [Wakasa Province](/source/Wakasa_Province) was controlled by a number of local warlords, including a branch of the [Takeda clan](/source/Takeda_clan). Under [Toyotomi Hideyoshi](/source/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi), it had been awarded to Hideyoshi's nephew, Kinoshita Katsutoshi. Kinoshita did not participate in the decisive [Battle of Sekigahara](/source/Battle_of_Sekigahara) in 1600 and was deprived of Obama by the victorious [Tokugawa Ieyasu](/source/Tokugawa_Ieyasu) because he had not actively supported the winning side.[[Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric](/source/Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric). (2005). "''Kinoshita Katsutoshi''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 524|page=524}}.]
===Under the Kyōgoku clan===
With the establishment of the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate), Tokugawa Ieyasu awarded all of the Wakasa Province to [Kyōgoku Takatsugu](/source/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_Takatsugu) as a reward for his leadership during the [Siege of Ōtsu](/source/Siege_of_%C5%8Ctsu).[[Papinot, Edmond](/source/Edmond_Papinot). (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ''Nobiliare du Japon'', pp. 27–28.]] In the same week as the Battle of Sekigahara, Takatsugu failed to hold [Ōtsu Castle](/source/%C5%8Ctsu_Castle); but the outcome at Sekigahara marginalized any adverse consequences of his defeat. By moving Takatsugu to Obama, the shogunate effectively acknowledged that Takatsugu's role in the victory at Sekigahara was critical. The siege took men away from the massed array of forces the Tokugawa faced at Sekigahara, which meant that the attackers at Ōtsu were unavailable to augment the anti-Tokugawa army at Sekigahara.[Bryant, Arthur J. (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UzhzhxfmncsC&dq=takatsugu+kyogoku&pg=PA44 ''Sekigahara 1600: the final struggle for power'', pp. 44–47.]][[Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice](/source/Beatrice_Bodart-Bailey). (1999). [https://books.google.com/books?id=H2xdLbvCR6sC&q=ogasawara&pg=PA541 ''Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed'', p. 443.] also known as Uta-no-kami, defender of Himeiji Castle.]
In 1607, Takatsugu's son [Tadataka](/source/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_Tadataka) married the fourth daughter of [Shōgun](/source/Sh%C5%8Dgun) [Tokugawa Hidetada](/source/Tokugawa_Hidetada). Two years later, Tadataka became ''[daimyō](/source/daimy%C5%8D)'' when his father died in 1609. Tadataka was transferred to the [Matsue Domain](/source/Matsue_Domain) in [Izumo Province](/source/Izumo_Province) in 1634.[Papinot, pp. 50-51.] Tadakatsu was one of the shogunate's top officials who served on the ''[rōjū](/source/r%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)'' council, and later as its head, or ''[Tairō](/source/Tair%C5%8D)''. The ''[kokudaka](/source/kokudaka)'' of the domain under his tenure reached 123,500 ''[koku](/source/koku)''. Tadakatsu did much to establish the domain's governance and to ensure its strength and stability. He implemented a taxation system and installed town magistrates (''machi-bugyō'') and local governors. The [Sakai clan](/source/Sakai_clan) continued to rule Obama for fourteen generations over 237 years to the end of the Edo period.
He was succeeded in the domain by his fourth son, [Sakai Tadanao](/source/Sakai_Tadanao). In 1668, Tadanao reduced the domain by creating the 10,000 ''koku'' [Awa-Katsuyama Domain](/source/Awa-Katsuyama_Domain) out of the domain's exclaves in [Awa Province](/source/Awa_Province_(Chiba)) for his nephew. He also separated out the 10,000 ''koku'' [Tsuruga Domain](/source/Tsuruga_Domain) in 1682 from the domain's territory in [Echizen Province](/source/Echizen_Province) for his son. After another 3000 ''koku'' was given to his fifth son [Sakai Tadane](/source/Sakai_Tadane), the domain's ''kokudaka'' was reduced to 103,500 ''koku''.
Under the Sakai, the domain enjoyed relative peace and stability. However, a flood ravaged the domain in 1735 and famine set in, as it did in many other areas at this time. The peasants sought aid from their lord, but their cries went unheeded for a long time. In 1770, there was a [peasant revolt](/source/Ikk%C5%8D-ikki). Efforts were made to shore up the domain's finances and to relieve the peasant's suffering, but famine struck again several decades later in 1836.
The seventh Sakai ''daimyō'', Sakai Takamochi, held a number of important posts within the Tokugawa shogunate, including ''[Osaka-jō dai](/source/Osaka-j%C5%8D_dai)'' and ''[Kyoto Shoshidai](/source/Kyoto_Shoshidai)'', and the 10th Sakai ''daimyō'', Sakai Takayuki was also ''[Kyoto Shoshidai](/source/Kyoto_Shoshidai)'' and a ''[rōjū](/source/r%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)''.
The twelfth Sakai ''daimyō'', [Sakai Tadaaki](/source/Sakai_Tadaaki), also served as ''Kyoto Shoshidai'' and worked with [Ii Naosuke](/source/Ii_Naosuke) to implement the ''[Kōbu gattai](/source/K%C5%8Dbu_gattai)'' between the shogunate and the Imperial Court and suppress the [Mito rebellion](/source/Mito_rebellion) led by [Takeda Kōunsai](/source/Takeda_K%C5%8Dunsai) and other pro-[Sonnō jōi](/source/Sonn%C5%8D_j%C5%8Di) partisans in Kyoto. He retired in 1862, but returned to power under the new name [Sakai Tadayoshi](/source/Sakai_Tadayoshi) after the defeat of the shogunate in the [Battle of Toba-Fushimi](/source/Battle_of_Toba-Fushimi) in the 1868 [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War) to lead the domain into the pro-imperial cause. He was appointed imperial governor of Wakasa under the new [Meiji government](/source/Meiji_government), ruling until the [abolition of the han system](/source/abolition_of_the_han_system) in 1871.
==Bakumatsu period holdings==
Unlike most ''fudai'' domains in the [han system](/source/han_system) that consisted of discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''[kokudaka](/source/kokudaka)'', based on periodic [cadastral](/source/cadastral) surveys and projected agricultural yields,[[Mass, Jeffrey P.](/source/Jeffrey_Mass) and William B. Hauser. (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv99D510nHcC&pg=PA150 ''The Bakufu in Japanese History,'' p. 150].][Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=T2_5_W7UFXwC&pg=PA18 ''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18].] Obama Domain controlled all of the province of Wakasa, and some scattered small holdings in neighbouring Echizen and Omi.
*[Wakasa Province](/source/Wakasa_Province)
**122 villages in [Onyū District](/source/Ony%C5%AB_District%2C_Fukui)
**73 villages in [Ōi District](/source/%C5%8Ci_District%2C_Fukui)
**58 villages in [Mikata District](/source/Mikata_District%2C_Fukui)
*[Echizen Province](/source/Echizen_Province)
**5 villages in [Nanjō District](/source/Nanj%C5%8D_District%2C_Fukui)
**6 villages in [Imadate District](/source/Imadate_District%2C_Fukui)
**38 villages in [Tsuruga District](/source/Tsuruga_District%2C_Fukui)
*[Ōmi Province](/source/%C5%8Cmi_Province)
**5 villages in [Takashima District](/source/Takashima_District%2C_Shiga)
== List of ''daimyō'' ==
{| class=wikitable
! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''[kokudaka](/source/kokudaka)''
|-
|colspan=6|30px '''[Kyōgoku clan](/source/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_clan)''' (''[fudai](/source/fudai)'') 1600–1634
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Kyōgoku Takatsugu](/source/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_Takatsugu)|京極高次}}||1600–1609||''Wakasa-no-kami'' (若狭守), ''Sangi'' (参議) || Junior 3rd Rank (従三位) ||85,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||{{nihongo|[Kyōgoku Tadataka](/source/Ky%C5%8Dgoku_Tadataka)| 京極忠高}}||1609–1634|| ''Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' (左少将) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||85,000 -> 92,000 ''koku''
|-
|-
|colspan=6|30px '''[Sakai clan](/source/Sakai_clan)''' (''[fudai](/source/fudai)'') 1634–1871
|-
||1||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadakatsu](/source/Sakai_Tadakatsu)|酒井忠勝}}||1634–1656||''Sanuki-no-kami'' (讃岐守), ''Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' (左少将) || Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) ||85,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadanao](/source/Sakai_Tadanao)| 酒井忠直}}||1656–1682||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫), ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||126,500 -> 103,500 ''koku''
|-
||3||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadataka](/source/Sakai_Tadataka)|酒井忠隆}}||1682–1686||''Tōtōmi-no-kami'' (遠江守) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) || 103,500 ''koku''
|-
||4||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadasono](/source/Sakai_Tadasono)|酒井忠囿}}||1686–1706|| ''Yukie-no-suke'' (靭負佐) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) || 103,500 ''koku''
|-
||5||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadaoto](/source/Sakai_Tadaoto)|酒井忠音}}||1705–1735||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫), ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||6||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadaakira](/source/Sakai_Tadaakira)|酒井忠存}}||1735–1740||''Bingo-no-kami'' (備後守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||7||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadamochi](/source/Sakai_Tadamochi)|酒井忠用}}||1740–1757||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫), ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||8||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadayoshi](/source/Sakai_Tadayoshi)|酒井忠与}}||1757–1762||''Tōtōmi-no-kami'' (遠江守) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku'''
|-
||9||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadatsura](/source/Sakai_Tadatsura)|酒井忠貫}}||1762–1806||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫), ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||10||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadayuki](/source/Sakai_Tadayuki)|酒井忠進}}||1806–1828||''Sanuki-no-kami'' (讃岐守), ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||11||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadayori](/source/Sakai_Tadayori)| 酒井忠順}}||1828–1832||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||12||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadaaki](/source/Sakai_Tadaaki)|酒井忠義}}||1832–1862||''Shuri-no-daifu'' (修理大夫), ''Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' (左少将) || Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||13||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadauji](/source/Sakai_Tadauji)| 酒井忠氏}}||1862–1868||''Wakasa-no-kami'' (若狭守)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||103,500 ''koku''
|-
||14||{{nihongo|[Sakai Tadatoshi](/source/Sakai_Tadaaki)|酒井忠禄}}||1868–1871||''Sakonoe-gon-shōshō'' (左少将) || Junior 4th Rank, Upper Grade (従四位上) ||103,500 ''koku''
|}
===Sakai Tadakatsu===
{{main|Sakai Tadakatsu}}
{{Nihongo|'''Sakai Tadakatsu'''|酒井 忠勝||July 21, 1587 – August 25, 1662}} was ''daimyō'' of the [Fukaya Domain](/source/Fukaya_Domain) and then the [Kawagoe Domain](/source/Kawagoe_Domain), before becoming the 1st Sakai ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the son of [Sakai Tadatoshi](/source/Sakai_Tadatoshi), a hereditary retainer of [Tokugawa Ieyasu](/source/Tokugawa_Ieyasu). He served [Tokugawa Hidetada](/source/Tokugawa_Hidetada) during the [Siege of Ueda](/source/Siege_of_Ueda) and later served [Shōgun](/source/Sh%C5%8Dgun) [Tokugawa Iemitsu](/source/Tokugawa_Iemitsu), who promoted him to ''[rōjū](/source/r%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)'' in 1624. In 1634, he was transferred to Obama and completed the construction of [Obama Castle](/source/Obama_Castle_(Fukui)). He retired from public life in 1656 and died in 1662. His grave is at the clan temple of Kuin-ji in Obama.
===Sakai Tadanao===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadanao'''|酒井忠直||May 5, 1630-August 12, 1682}} was the 2nd ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the fourth son of Sakai Tadakatsu, and was given the courtesy title of ''Shuri-Daiyu'' in 1644. He was proclaimed heir in 1649 when his elder brother, Sakai Tadatomo was disinherited for unknown reasons and exiled to a distant exclave of the domain in [Awa Province](/source/Awa_Province_(Chiba)). He became ''daimyō'' on his father's retirement in 1656. In 1668, he reorganized the domain's exclave in Awa Province to create the 10,000 ''[koku](/source/koku)'' [Awa-Katsuyama Domain](/source/Awa-Katsuyama_Domain) for his nephew, [Sakai Tadakuni](/source/Sakai_Tadakuni). During his tenure, he continued the policies of his father in organizing the domain government and codifying its law, flood control, and new rice land development, as well as encouraging education and literature. He died in Obama in 1682. His wife was a daughter of Matsudaura Sadayori of the [Iyo-Matsuyama Domain](/source/Iyo-Matsuyama_Domain).
===Sakai Tadataka===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadataka'''|酒井忠隆||March 27, 1651-May 13, 1686}} was the 3rd ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the eldest son of Sakai Tadanao, and served as a ''[sōshaban](/source/s%C5%8Dshaban)'' in 1681. He became ''daimyō'' on his father's death in 1682, as which time he separated a 10,000 ''[koku](/source/koku)'' holding for his younger brother [Sakai Tadashige](/source/Sakai_Tadashige) in accordance with his father's will, forming the [Tsuruga Domain](/source/Tsuruga_Domain). His courtesy title was ''Tōtōmi-no-kami''. He died at Obama in 1686. His wife was a daughter of [Shimazu Tsunahisa](/source/Shimazu_Tsunahisa) of [Satsuma Domain](/source/Satsuma_Domain).
===Sakai Tadasono===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadasono'''|酒井忠囿||January 11, 1671-October 14, 1706}} was the 4th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the eldest son of Sakai Tadataka, and became ''daimyō'' on his father's death in 1686. His courtesy title was ''Yukie-no-suke''. In 1697, he was ordered by the shogunate to supervise the transfer of power of [Tsuyama Domain](/source/Tsuyama_Domain) from the [Mōri clan](/source/M%C5%8Dri_clan) to [Matsudaira Naoakira](/source/Matsudaira_Naoakira), formerly of the [Ōno Domain](/source/%C5%8Cno_Domain). He died at Obama in 1706 without heir. His wife was a daughter of [Doi Toshimasu](/source/Doi_Toshimasu) of the [Karasu Domain](/source/Karasu_Domain).
===Sakai Tadaoto===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadaoto'''|酒井忠音||December 9, 1691-July 8, 1735}} was the 5th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the younger son of [Sakai Tadashige](/source/Sakai_Tadashige) of [Tsuruga Domain](/source/Tsuruga_Domain), and was adopted as heir by Sakai Tadasono on his deathbed in 1706. He was received in formal audience by [Shōgun](/source/Sh%C5%8Dgun) [Tokugawa Tsunayoshi](/source/Tokugawa_Tsunayoshi), and was confirmed as ''daimyō'', receiving the courtesy title of ''Shuri-daifu'' the same year. From 1718 to 1722 he was appointed simultaneously as a ''[sōshaban](/source/s%C5%8Dshaban)'' and ''[jisha-bugyō](/source/jisha-bugy%C5%8D)''. In 1723, he became ''[Osaka-jō dai](/source/Osaka-j%C5%8D_dai)'' and his courtesy title was changed to ''Sanuki-no-kami'' and his court rank was increased from Lower 5th, Junior grade to Lower 4th, Junior grade. He was promoted to ''[rōjū](/source/r%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)'' in 1728 and gained the additional courtesy title of ''Jijū''. On July 7, 1735, he suddenly fell ill and died while in office the following day. His wife was a daughter of [Arima Yorimoto](/source/Arima_Yorimoto) of the [Kurume Domain](/source/Kurume_Domain).
===Sakai Tadaakira===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadaakira'''|酒井忠存||November 18, 1720-October 12, 1740}} was the 6th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the third son of Sakai Tadaoto by a concubine. As both his legitimate elder brothers died in infancy, he became ''daimyō'' in 1735 on the death of his father. His courtesy name was ''Bingo-no-kami''. He died in 1740 at the age of 21 without an heir.
===Sakai Tadamochi===
{{main|Sakai Tadamochi}}
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadamochi'''|酒井忠用||January 3, 1723-October 21, 1775}} was the 7th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the fifth son of Sakai Tadaoto by a concubine, and became ''daimyō'' in 1740 upon the death of his elder brother. His courtesy title was ''Shuri-daiyu'', and his wife was a daughter of [Matsudaira Sadanori](/source/Matsudaira_Sadanori) of the [Takada Domain](/source/Takada_Domain). In 1741 he was appointed simultaneously as a ''[sōshaban](/source/s%C5%8Dshaban)'' and ''[jisha-bugyō](/source/jisha-bugy%C5%8D)'', and later the same year, he became ''[Osaka-jō dai](/source/Osaka-j%C5%8D_dai)''. In 1747 his courtesy title was changed to ''Sanuki-no-kami'' and his court rank was increased from Lower 5th, Junior grade to Lower 4th, Junior grade. From 1752 to 1756 he was appointed ''[Kyoto Shoshidai](/source/Kyoto_Shoshidai)'', and he added the title of ''Jijū'' to his honorifics. He retired from public office in 1757, and his title was changed to ''Sakyō-daifu''. He died in 1775 without a male heir.
===Sakai Tadayoshi===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadayoshi'''|酒井忠与||August 26, 1721-August 7, 1762}} was the 8th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He became ''daimyō'' in 1757 on the retirement of his elder brother. His courtesy title was ''Tōtōmi-no-kami''. He died in 1762.
===Sakai Tadatsura===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadatsura'''|酒井忠貫||December 26, 1752-March 1, 1806}} was the 9th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the eldest son of Sakai Tadayoshi and was born at the clan residence in [Edo](/source/Edo). He became ''daimyō'' in 1762 on the death of his father, and was awarded the courtesy title of''Shuri-daiyu'' and Lower 5th, Junior grade court rank the following year. His wife was the daughter of [Date Munemura](/source/Date_Munemura) of the [Sendai Domain](/source/Sendai_Domain); however, he later remarried to a daughter of the ''[kuge](/source/kuge)'' Koga Michie and then a daughter of the ''kuge'' Ōinomikado Ienaga. From 1783, the domain was hit with crop failures and fell into severe debt. Despite these difficulties, his court rank advanced to Lower 4th, Junior grade in 1784. In 1792, he was ordered to bolster the defences of [Nemuro](/source/Nemuro%2C_Hokkaido) after incursions by a French warship in violation of Japan's [national isolation policy](/source/sakoku). He died in 1806.
===Sakai Tadayuki===
{{main|Sakai Tadayuki}}
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadayuki'''|酒井忠進||April 4, 1770-March 12, 1828}} was the 10th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the seventh son of [Sakai Tadaka](/source/Sakai_Tadaka) of [Tsuruga Domain](/source/Tsuruga_Domain) and was posthumously adopted as heir on the death of Sakai Tadatsura in 1806. His wife was a daughter of [Okudaira Masashika](/source/Okudaira_Masashika) of the [Nakatsu Domain](/source/Nakatsu_Domain). In 1808, he became ''[jisha-bugyō](/source/jisha-bugy%C5%8D)'' and from 1808 to 1815 served as ''[Kyoto Shoshidai](/source/Kyoto_Shoshidai)''. In 1815, he was ordered to oversee the reconstruction of the 5-story [pagoda](/source/pagoda) at [Nikkō Tōshō-gū](/source/Nikk%C5%8D_T%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D-g%C5%AB), which had been destroyed by a fire. Later that year, he was promoted to ''[rōjū](/source/r%C5%8Dj%C5%AB)'', holding that post until his death in 1828.
===Sakai Tadayori===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadayori'''|酒井忠順||April 16, 1791-February 24, 1853}} was the 11th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the younger son of Sakai Tadatsura, but because of his youth at the time of his father's death, his uncle Sakai Takayuki from the [Tsuruga Domain](/source/Tsuruga_Domain) was made ''daimyō'' instead. The succession reverted to Tadayori on Takayuki's death in 1828. He inherited a domain with over 300,000 ''[ryō](/source/ry%C5%8D)'' in debt. Through fiscal reforms he was initially able to reduce this by 100,000 ''ryō'', but the domain economy collapsed in 1833 due to crop failures. He resigned his office in 1834. His wife was a daughter of [Matsudaira Sadakuni](/source/Matsudaira_Sadakuni) of the [Iyo-Matsuyama Domain](/source/Iyo-Matsuyama_Domain).
===Sakai Tadaaki / Sakai Takatoshi===
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{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadaaki'''|酒井忠義||August 4, 1813-December 5, 1873}} was the 12th and the 14th ''daimyō'' of the Obama Domain. He was the fifth son of Sakai Tadayuki, and became ''daimyō'' in 1834 when Sakai Tadayori retired. His wife was a daughter of [Matsudaiara Terunobu](/source/Matsudaiara_Terunobu) of the [Takasaki Domain](/source/Takasaki_Domain). In 1840, he was given the courtesy title of ''Wakasa-no-kami'' and Lower 4th, Junior grade court rank. In 1842, was appointed simultaneously as a ''[sōshaban](/source/s%C5%8Dshaban)'' and ''[jisha-bugyō](/source/jisha-bugy%C5%8D)''. The following year he was appointed ''[Kyoto Shoshidai](/source/Kyoto_Shoshidai)'' and he added the title of ''Jijū'' to his honorific. He resigned as ''Kyoto Shoshidai'' in 1850 but was reappointed in 1858, and many of the events which occurred in Kyoto during the tumultuous [Bakumatsu period](/source/Bakumatsu_period) occurred while he was at Kyoto. He resigned as ''Kyoto Shoshidai'' and ''daimyō'' in 1862 and went into retirement, changing his name to Tadatoshi (忠禄). He re-assumed his position as ''daimyō'' at the start of the [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War) (following the defeat of the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) forces at the [Battle of Toba-Fushimi](/source/Battle_of_Toba-Fushimi)) and defected to the Imperial side. In 1869, he was appointed imperial governor of Wakasa under the new [Meiji government](/source/Meiji_government). He died in 1873.
===Sakai Tadauji===
{{nihongo|'''Sakai Tadauji'''|酒井忠氏||February 11, 1835-January 21, 1876}} was the 13th ''daimyō'' of Obama Domain. He was the fourth son of a ''[hatamoto](/source/hatamoto)'' and was adopted as heir to Sakai Tadaaki in 1853.
He became ''daimyō'' in 1862 when Tadaaki was forced into retirement by the [Ansei Purge](/source/Ansei_Purge). He maintained a pro-Tokugawa policy and was active in the suppression of the [Mito rebellion](/source/Mito_rebellion) in the area. With the start of the [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War), he sent forces to fight for Tokugawa during the [Battle of Toba-Fushimi](/source/Battle_of_Toba-Fushimi). However, following the defeat of the Tokugawa during that battle, he was pushed aside by Tadaaki, who resumed the title of ''daimyō'' and who had the support of the senior domain retainers. Takauji was forced into retirement under the guise of "illness" and died in 1876.
== See also ==
* [List of han](/source/List_of_han)
==Notes==
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==References==
* [Bodart-Bailey, Beatrice](/source/Beatrice_Bodart-Bailey). (1999). ''Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed.'' Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press . {{ISBN|9780824819644}}; {{ISBN|9780824820664}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246417677 OCLC 246417677]
* Bryant, Arthur J. (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=UzhzhxfmncsC&q=takatsugu+kyogoku ''Sekigahara 1600: the final struggle for power.''] Oxford: [Osprey Publishing](/source/Osprey_Publishing). {{ISBN|978-1-85532-395-7}}
* Isao, Soranaka. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2385488 "Obama: The Rise and Decline of a Seaport."] ''Monumenta Nipponica'' Vol. 52, No. 1 (Spring 1997). pp. 85–102.
* [Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric](/source/Louis-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric) and Käthe Roth. (2005). ''Japan Encyclopedia.'' Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
* [Papinot, Edmond](/source/Edmond_Papinot). (1906) ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon.'' Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/465662682 OCLC 465662682]; [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ''Nobiliaire du japon'' (abridged version of 1906 text).]
==External links==
*{{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120128115728/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/hokuriku/obama.html Obama Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"]
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