Iwamurada Domain

Iwamurada Domain (岩村田藩, Iwamurada-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Iwamurada Jin’ya, located in what is now part of the city of Saku in Nagano Prefecture.[1] It was ruled for all of its history by a junior branch of the Naitō clan.

Iwamurada Domain
岩村田藩
under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
1703–1871
CapitalIwamurada jin'ya
  TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
 Established
1703
 Disestablished
1871
Today part ofNagano Prefecture

History

In 1703, Naito Masatomo, the daimyō of Akanuma Domain in Musashi Province exchanged his scattered holdings in Musashi, Kōzuke, Hitachi, Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces for a holding consisting of 27 villages with an assessed kokudaka of 16,000 koku in Saku District in Shinano Province. This marked the start of Iwamurada Domain, which his descendants continued to rule uninterrupted until the Meiji restoration.

The 6th daimyō, Naito Masatsuna, was a brother of Mizuno Tadakuni and served as a rōjū in the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate. During his time, the status of the domain was upgraded to that of a “castle-holding domain”, although no castle was actually built.

During the Boshin War, the domain quickly supported the imperial side, and participated in the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and Battle of Hokuetsu and Battle of Aizu. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Iwamurada Domain briefly became Iwamurada Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Nagano Prefecture. Under the new Meiji government, Naitō Masanobu, the last daimyō of Iwamurada Domain was given the kazoku peerage title of shishaku (viscount).

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the han system, Iwamurada Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2][3]

List of daimyō

    #NameTenureCourtesy titleCourt RankkokudakaNotes
    Naitō clan (fudai) 1703-1871
    1Naitō Masatomo (内藤正友)1703-1711Shikibu-shōyu (式部少輔)Lower 5th (従五位下)16,000 kokutransfer from Akanuma Domain
    2Naitō Masayuki (内藤正敬)1711-1746Shimōsa-no-kami (下総守)Lower 5th (従五位下)16,000 koku
    3Naitō Masasuke (内藤正弼)1746-1770Mino-no-kami (美濃守)Lower 5th (従五位下)16,000->15,000 koku
    4Naitō Masaoki (内藤正興)1770-1792Shima-no-kami (志摩守)Lower 5th (従五位下)15,000 koku
    5Naitō Masakuni (内藤正国)1792-1802Mino-no-kami (美濃守)Lower 5th (従五位下)15,000 koku
    6Naitō Masatsuna (内藤正縄)1802-1860Bungo-no-kami (豊後守)Lower 5th (従五位下)15,000 koku
    7Naitō Masaakira (内藤正誠)1860-1871Shima-no-kami (志摩守)Lower 5th (従五位下)15,000 koku

    See also

    List of Han

    References

    • The content of this article was largely derived from that of the corresponding article on Japanese Wikipedia.
    • Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972.

    Notes

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