Ushiku Domain

{{Infobox former subdivision |_noautocat = |native_name = 牛久藩 |conventional_long_name = Ushiku Domain |common_name = Ushiku Domain |subdivision = Han |nation = |status_text = under Tokugawa shogunate Japan |government_type = Daimyō  |capital = {{ill|Ushiku jin'ya|ja|牛久陣屋|lt=Ushiku ''jin'ya''}} |coordinates = |political_subdiv =  |today = part of Ibaraki Prefecture   |year_start = 1600 |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|250px|thumb|Ushiku Jin'ya was located on a raised area surrounded by Ushiku-numa, also known as Kappa-numa after the mythical creature {{nihongo|'''Ushiku Domain''' |牛久藩|Ushiku-han}} was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Ushiku ''Jin'ya'' in what is now the city of Ushiku, Ibaraki. It was ruled for much of its history by the Yamaguchi clan.

==History== In 1590 after the victory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the Siege of Odawara, Akai Teruko was rewarded with a territory of 5,435 koku in Ushiku, Ibaraki.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVTZtR879l0C&q=%E8%B5%A4%E4%BA%95%E8%BC%9D%E5%AD%90|title=新田の史蹟|date=1938|publisher=岡部福蔵|language=ja}}</ref> The Yamaguchi clan was a junior branch of the Ōuchi clan and originated in what is now Yamaguchi Prefecture. Yamaguchi Shigemasa served Oda Nobukatsu and subsequently came into the service of Tokugawa Ieyasu. For his efforts at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was awarded a 5,000 ''koku'' holding in Kazusa Province and another 5000 koku holding in Musashi Province, to which he subsequently added another 5000 ''koku'' in Shimotsuke Province. However, he fell afoul of the Tokugawa shogunate when he arranged the marriage of his son and heir, Yamaguchi Shigenobu to a daughter of Ōkubo Tadachika without bothering to ask for permission first. For this violation he was stripped of his holdings and placed under house arrest. After apologizing, and after the death of Shigenobu in combat during the Siege of Osaka as a common soldier, Ieyasu relented and restored him to a 15,000 ''koku'' holding in Tōtōmi Province. He traded this holding for an equivalent in Hitachi Province in 1628, marking the start of Ushiku Domain.

Shigemasa's fourth son and successor Yamaguchi Hirotaka constructed the ''jin’ya''; however, he also divided 5,000 ''koku'' of the domain to his younger brother Shigetsune. The descendants Of Yamaguchi Hirotaka continued to rule the 10,000 ''koku'' domain until the Meiji restoration.

The domain had a total population of 8,604 people in 1,646 households per a census in 1869, of which 434 people in 130 households were classed as samurai.<ref>[http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/158.html Edo daimyo.net {{in lang|ja}}]</ref>

==Holdings at the end of the Edo period== As with most domains in the han system, Ushiku 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> In the case of the Yamaguchi, their holdings were divided between Hitachi and Shimosa provinces.

*Hitachi Province **11 villages in Niihari District **13 villages in Kawachi District **2 villages in Shida District *Shimosa Province **1 village in Toyoda District **4 villages in Okada District **2 villages in Soma District

==List of daimyō== {| class=wikitable ! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''kokudaka'' |- |colspan=6|30px '''Yamaguchi clan''' (''fudai'') 1628-1871 |- ||1||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Shigemasa|山口重政}}||1628-1635||''Tajima-no-kami'' (但馬守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 15,000 ''koku'' |- ||2||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hirotaka|山口弘隆}}||1635–1677||''Tajima-no-kami'' (但馬守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 15,000 ->10,000 ''koku'' |- ||3||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Shigesada| 山口重貞}}||1677-1698|| ''Shuri-no-suke'' (修理亮)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||4||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hirotoyo| 山口弘豊}}||1698-1731||''Tajima-no-kami'' (但馬守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||5||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hironaga| 山口弘長}}||1731-1768||''Shuri-no-suke'' (修理亮)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||6||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hiromichi| 山口弘道}}||1768-1783||''Shuri-no-suke'' (修理亮)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||7||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hirochika| 山口弘務}}||1783-1787||''Izu-no-kami'' (伊豆守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||8||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hiromune| 山口弘致}}||1787-1829||''Tajima-no-kami'' (但馬守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||9||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hirokuni| 山口弘封}}||1829-1839|| ''Tajima-no-kami'' (但馬守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||10||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hirokata| 山口弘穀}}||1839-1849||''Suo-no-kami'' (周防守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||11||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hiroakira| 山口弘敞}}||1849-1862||''Chikuzen-no-kami'' (筑前守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- ||12||{{nihongo|Yamaguchi Hiroyoshi| 山口弘達}}||1862-1871|| ''Suo-no-kami'' (周防守)|| Lower 5th (従五位下)|| 10,000 ''koku'' |- |}

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

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

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