Funai Domain

The nihongo|Funai Domain|府内藩|Funai-han was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Bungo Province (present-day Ōita Prefecture in southern Japan).

History

Funai had been the castle of the Ōtomo clan; however, Toyotomi confiscated it during the lordship of Ōtomo Yoshimune. In 1600, Takenaka Shigetoshi, the cousin of Takenaka Shigeharu (Hanbei), received Funai Castle, and land rated at 20,000 koku; he had switched sides during the Sekigahara Campaign to support Tokugawa Ieyasu. The domain was then given to Hineno Yoshiakira in 1634; however, as he died heirless, the domain was given to the Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan. The Matsudaira clan remained as lords of Funai until the Meiji Restoration.

List of lords

*Takenaka clan, 1603-1634 (Tozama; 20,000 koku)

#Shigetoshi (cousin of Takenaka Hanbei)
#Shigeyoshi

*Hineno clan, 1634-1656 (Tozama; 20,000 koku)

#Yoshiakira

*Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan, 1656-1871 (Fudai; 21,000 koku)

#Tadaaki
#Chikanobu
#Chikayoshi
#Chikasada
#Chikanori
#Chikatomo
#Chikayoshi
#Chikakuni
#Chikanobu
#Chikayoshi

References

*ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/funai.html Funai Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] (16 Sept. 2007)
*ja icon [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BA%9C%E5%86%85%E8%97%A9 Japanese Wiki article on the Funai Domain] (16 Sept. 2007)

External links

*ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/shiro/bungofunaiidex.html Pictures of the remains of Funai Castle]