Oshi Domain

{{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 忍藩 |conventional_long_name = Oshi Domain |common_name = Oshi Domain |subdivision = Han |nation = |status_text = under Tokugawa shogunate Japan |government_type = Daimyō  |capital = Oshi Castle |coordinates = |political_subdiv =  |today = part of Saitama Prefecture   |year_start = 1590 |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 =  }} right|200px|thumb|Reconstructed Oshi Castle, administrative center of Oshi Domain in Gyōoda, Saitama {{nihongo|'''Oshi Domain'''|忍藩|Oshi-han}} was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Musashi Province (modern-day Saitama Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Oshi Castle in what is now part of the city of Gyōda, Saitama.

==History== Oshi Castle was completed by Narita Akiyasu around 1479. The Narita family ruled over the area of Gyōda as retainers to the Odawara Hōjō clan. The castle made use of marshes and swamplands in its surroundings and was considered impregnable. In 1590, Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispatched his senior retainer Ishida Mitsunari with an army of 23,000 troops to seize the castle. In the Siege of Oshi, the castle's 619 samurai and 2000 local conscripts held off numerous attacks, and the castle surrendered only after word that their overlords had been defeated at the Siege of Odawara.

Afterwards, the area came under the control of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who assigned his 4th son, Matsudaira Tadayoshi to a 100,000 ''koku'' domain. However, as Tadayasu was only 11 years old, the domain was managed by Matsudaira Ietada, who repaired the battle-damaged castle and surrounding castle town until 1592. He was replaced by Matsudaira Tadayoshi of the Tōjō-branch of the Matsudaira clan until 1600. However, following the Battle of Sekigahara, Matsudaira Tadayoshi was promoted to Kiyosu Domain (620,000 ''koku'') and Oshi Domain reverted to ''tenryō'' status.

The domain was revived in 1633 for the ''rōjū'' Matsudaira Nobutsuna, infamous for his role in the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion. He moved on to Kawagoe Domain in 1638 and was replaced for the next nine generations by the Abe clan.

Abe Tadaaki was a close confidant of ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Iemitsu and served as ''wakadoshiyori'' and ''rōjū''. His on Masayoshi served as ''Osaka-jō dai'' and ''Kyoto Shoshidai'', as did many of the succeeding generations at Oshi Domain. In 1823, Abe Masanori was transferred to Shirakawa Domain, and Oshi was given to Matsudaira Tadataka of the Okudaira branch of the Matsudaira clan, formerly from Kuwana Domain. The Matsudaira continued to rule Oshi until the Meiji Restoration. Despite their ''fudai'' status, Matsudaira Tadakuni united the domain in favor of the Meiji government after ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Keiki abandoned his forces (including Tadakuni's son, Masudaira Tadazane)] following the Battle of Toba–Fushimi in the Boshin War. Following the Meiji Restoration, the final ''daimyō'' of Oshi Domain, Matsudaira Tadanori, married a daughter of Prince Fushimi Kuniie and was ennobled with the title of viscount (''shishaku'') in the ''kazoku'' peerage.

==Holdings at the end of the Edo period== As with most domains in the han system, Oshi 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>

*Musashi Province **78 villages in Saitama District **6 villages in Adachi District **1 village in Obusuma District **8 villages in Hanzawa District **22 villages in Chichibu District **6 villages in Osato District **9 villages in Hara District *Ise Province **20 villages in Inabe District **35 villages in Asake District **17 villages in Mie District *Harima Province **4 villages in Kako District **7 villages in Taka District **4 villages in Kasai District

==List of ''daimyōs''== {| class=wikitable ! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''kokudaka'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Fukōzu Matsudaira clan''' (''fudai'') 1590–1592 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Ietada| 松平家忠}}||1590–1592||-unknown-||-unknown-|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Matsudaira clan''' (''shinpan'') 1592–1600 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadayoshi| 松平忠吉}}||1592–1600|| ''Sankon-e-no-chujō'' (左近衛権中将侍従)|| 3rd (従三位)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||30px||'''''tenryō''''' ||1600–1633|| || || |- |colspan=6|30px '''Nagasawa/Ōkōchi Matsudaira clan''' (''fudai'') 1633–1639 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Nobutsuna| 松平信綱}}||1633–1639||''Izu-no-kami'' (伊豆守)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)||30,000 ''koku'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Abe clan''' (''fudai'') 1639–1823 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Abe Tadaaki| 阿部忠秋}}||1639–1671||''Bungo-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (豊後守侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 50,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Abe Masayoshi| 阿部正能}}||1671–1677|| ''Harima-no-kami'' (播磨守)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 50,000 ''koku'' |- ||3||{{nihongo|Abe Masatake| 阿部正武}}||1677–1704||''Bungo-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (豊後守侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 50,000 -> 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||{{nihongo|Abe Masataka| 阿部正喬}}||1704–1748|| ''Bungo-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (豊後守侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||{{nihongo|Abe Masachika| 阿部正允}}||1748–1780|| ''Bungo-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (豊後守侍従)||Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||6||{{nihongo|Abe Masatoshi| 阿部正敏}}||1780–1787||''Noto-no-kami'' (能登守)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||7||{{nihongo|Abe Masatsune| 阿部正識}}||1787–1796|| ''Bungo-no-kami'' (豊後守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||8||{{nihongo|Abe Masayoshi| 阿部正由}}||1796–1808||''Bungo-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (豊後守侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||9||{{nihongo|Abe Masanori| 阿部正権}}||1808–1823|| -unknown-|| -unknown-|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Okudaira Matsudaira clan''' (''fudai'') 1823–1871 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadataka| 松平信発}}||1823–1838|| ''Minbu-taifu'' (民部大輔)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadasato| 松平忠彦}}||1838–1841|| ''Minbu-taifu'' (式部大輔侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||3||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadakuni| 松平忠国}}||1841–1863||''Shimōsa-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (下総守侍従)|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadazane| 松平忠誠}}||1863–1869|| ''Shimōsa-no-kami''; ''Jijū'' (下総守侍従 )|| Lower 4th (従四位下)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Tadanori| 松平忠敬}}||1863–1869|| -none-|| 3rd (従三位)|| 100,000 ''koku'' |- |}

==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}} [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/oshi.html Oshi on "Edo 300 HTML"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215301/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/oshi.html |date=2007-09-26 }}

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