Takasu Domain

{{More citations needed|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 高須藩 |conventional_long_name = Takasu Domain |common_name = Takasu Domain |subdivision = Domain |nation = Japan |status_text = |government_type = Daimyō |p1 = Mino Province |flag_p1 = |s1 = Owari Domain{{!}}Nagoya Domain |flag_s1 =  |capital = {{ill|Takasu jin'ya|ja|高須陣屋|lt=Takasu ''jin'ya''}} |coordinates = |political_subdiv =  |today = Gifu Prefecture   |year_start = {{Start date and age|1600}} |year_end = {{End date and age|1870}} |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 = 1600–1628<br>1640–1691<br>1700–1870 |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 =  }} The {{nihongo|'''Takasu Domain'''|高須藩|Takasu-han}} was a Japanese domain located in Mino Province (present-day Kaizu, Gifu). For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch of the Tokugawa clan of Owari Domain.

Matsudaira Katamori, Matsudaira Sadaaki, Tokugawa Yoshikatsu, and Tokugawa Mochinaga, four important figures in Bakumatsu-era Japan, were the sons of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, one of Takasu's last ''daimyō''.

==History== In 1600, after the Battle of Sekigahara, Takagi Morikane was dispossessed of '''Takasu Castle''' for having sided with the pro-Toyotomi Western Army under Ishida Mitsunari. He was replaced by Tokunaga Nagamasa, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s generals and was assigned a fief with a ''kokudaka'' of 50,673 ''koku''. The marked the start of Takasu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. His son, Tokunaga Masashige, increased the ''kokudaka'' to 53,000 ''koku''; however, he was dispossessed in 1628 over his failure to complete the rebuilding of the walls of Osaka Castle, and the domain was suppressed.

Takasu Domain was revived in 1640 as a 22,000 ''koku'' holding for a cadet branch of the Ogasawara clan from Sekiyado Domain in Shimōsa. However, the domain suffered greatly from flood damage, and the shogunate transferred the Ogasawara to Katsuyama Domain in Echizen in 1691.

The domain was revived a third time in 1700, this time as a 30,000 ''koku'' holding for Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, the younger son of Tokugawa Mitsutomo of Owari Domain. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki was already ''daimyō'' of the 30,000 ''koku'' Takai Domain in Mino Province since 1681, and traded this territory of Takasu Domain, which then became a subsidiary to Owari Domain. The domain remained in the hands of his descendants until the Meiji restoration.

Although administered as a part of Owari Domain, the position of Takasu Domain was somewhat ambiguous, as it was authorized directly by the shogunate rather than by Owari Domain. On the other hand, its ''daimyō'' lived permanently in Edo, and administered domain affairs through appointed officials, rather than residing in the domain and was thus not subject to ''Sankin-kōtai''.

==Bakumatsu period holdings== As with most domains in the han system, Takasu Domain consisted of a 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>

*Mino Province ** 13 villages in Kaisai District **15 villages in Ishizu District *Shinano Province **42 villages in Ina District

==List of daimyō== {| class=wikitable ! ||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''kokudaka'' |- |colspan=7|25px '''Tokunaga clan''' (''Tozama'') 1600–1646 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Tokunaga Nagamasa| 徳永寿昌}}||1600-1632||''Iwami-no-kami'' (石見守) || Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||50,673 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Tokunaga Masahige| 徳永昌重}}||1632–1646||''Sama-no-suke'' (左馬介) || Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||52,000 ''koku'' |- |colspan=6| 25px '''tenryō''' 1646–1649 |- |colspan=7|25px '''Ogasawara clan''' (''fudai'') 1649–1676 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Ogasawara Sadanobu| 小笠原貞信}}||1646–1676|| ''Tosa-no-kami'' (土佐守) || Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||22,000 ''koku'' |- |colspan=6| 25px '''tenryō''' 1676–1700 |- |colspan=7|25px'''Matsudaira clan/Tokugawa clan''' (''Shinpan'') 1700–1870 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshiyuki| 松平義行}}||1700-1715||''Settsu-no-kami'' (摂津守) || Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshitaka| 松平義孝}}||1715–1732||''Settsu-no-kami'' (摂津守) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||3||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshiatsu| 松平義淳}}||1732–1739||''Sakonoe-shosho'' (左近衛少将) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshitoshi| 松平義敏}}||1739–1771||''Nakatsukasa no-daiyu'' (中務大輔)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshitomo|松平義柄}}||1771–1777||''Settsu-no-kami'' (摂津守); ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||6||{{nihongo|Matsudaita Yoshihiro| 松平義裕}}||1777–1795||''Settsu-no-kami'' (摂津守); ''Jijū'' (侍従) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||7||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshimasa| [松平義当}}||1795–1801||''Danjo-hitsu'' (弾正大弼) || Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||8||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshisue| 松平義居}}||1801–1804||''Sakonoe-shosho'' (左少将)；''Jijū'' (侍従)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||9||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshinari| 松平義和}}||1804-1832|||''Sakonoe-shosho'' (左少将)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||10||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshitatsu| 松平義建}}||1832–1850||''Sakonoe-shosho'' (左少将)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||11||{{nihongo|Tokugawa Chikanaga| 徳川茂徳}}||1850-1858||''Sakonoe-shosho'' (左少将)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||12||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshimasa| 松平義端}}||1858–1860|| - none - || - none - ||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||13||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshitake| 松平義勇}}||1860-1869|| - none - || 5th Rank, (従五位)||30,000 ''koku'' |- ||14||{{nihongo|Matsudaira Yoshinari| 松平義生}}||1869 –1870||- none - || - none - ||30,000 ''koku'' |- |}

===Simplified genealogy=== {{Tree list}} *20px '''Tokugawa Ieyasu, 1st Tokugawa Shōgun''' (1543–1616; r. 1603–1605) **Tokugawa Yoshinao, 1st Lord of Owari (1601–1650) ***{{Tree list/final branch}} Tokugawa Mitsutomo, 2nd Lord of Owari (1625–1700) ****Tokugawa Tsunanari, 3rd Lord of Owari (1652–1699) *****{{Tree list/final branch}} 15px '''II. Matsudaira Yoshitaka, 2nd Lord of Takasu''' (1694–1732; r. 1715–1732) ****15px '''I. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, 1st Lord of Takasu''' (1656–1715; Lord of Takasu: cr. 1700) ****{{Tree list/final branch}}Matsudaira Tomoaki, Head of the Kawado-Kubo line (1678–1728) *****{{Tree list/final branch}}15px '''III. Matsudaira Yoshiaki, 3rd Lord of Takasu''' (later '''Tokugawa Munekatsu, 8th Lord of Owari''') (1705–1761; 3rd Lord of Takasu: 1732–1739; 8th Lord of Owari: 1739–1761) ******15px '''IV. Matsudaira Yoshitoshi, 4th Lord of Takasu''' (1734–1771; r. 1739–1771) *******15px '''V. Matsudaira Yoshitomo, 5th Lord of Takasu''' (1760–1793; r. 1771–1777) *******{{Tree list/final branch}}15px '''VI. Matsudaira Yoshihiro, 6th Lord of Takasu''' (1762–1795; r. 1777–1795) ******{{Tree list/final branch}}15px '''VII. Matsudaira Katsumasa, 7th Lord of Takasu''' (1738–1801; r. 1795–1801) **Tokugawa Yorinobu, 1st Lord of Kishū (1602–1671) ***{{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Mitsusada, 2nd Lord of Kishū (1627–1705) ****{{Tree list/final branch}}20px '''Tokugawa Yoshimune, 8th Tokugawa Shōgun''' (1684–1751; 5th Lord of Kishū: 1705–1716; 8th Tokugawa Shōgun: 1716–1745) *****{{Tree list/final branch}} Tokugawa Munetada, 1st Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1721–1765) ******{{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Harusada, 2nd Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head (1751–1827) *******{{Tree list/final branch}}15px '''VIII. Matsudaira Yoshisue, 8th Lord of Takasu''' (1785–1804; r. 1801–1804) **{{Tree list/final branch}} Tokugawa Yorifusa, 1st Lord of Mito (1603–1661) ***{{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Yorishige, 1st Lord of Takamatsu (1622–1695) ****{{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Yoriyuki (1661–1687) *****{{Tree list/final branch}} Matsudaira Yoritoyo, 3rd Lord of Takamatsu (1680–1735) ******{{Tree list/final branch}} Tokugawa Munetaka, 4th Lord of Mito (1705–1730) *******{{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Munemoto, 5th Lord of Mito (1728–1766) ********{{Tree list/final branch}}Tokugawa Harumori, 6th Lord of Mito (1751–1805) *********{{Tree list/final branch}} 15px '''IX. Matsudaira Yoshinari, 9th Lord of Takasu''' (1776–1832; r. 1804–1832) **********{{Tree list/final branch}} 15px '''X. Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, 10th Lord of Takasu''' (1800–1862; r. 1832–1850) ***********15px '''XI. Matsudaira Yoshichika, 11th Lord of Takasu''' (later '''Tokugawa Mochinaga, 10th Hitotsubashi-Tokugawa family head''') (1831–1884; r. 1850–1858) ************{{Tree list/final branch}} 15px '''XII. Matsudaira Yoshimasa, 12th Lord of Takasu''' (1858–1860; r. 1858–1860) ***********{{Tree list/final branch}} 15px '''XIII. Matsudaira Yoshitake, 13th Lord of Takasu''' (1859–1891; r. 1860–1869) {{Tree list/end}}

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