- Tsuruoka Domain
, it was commonly known as Shōnai. It was famous for being ruled by one of the great
fudai daimyō houses, theSakai clan .Papinot, Jacques. (2003). [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf "Nobiliare du Japon" -- Sakai, pp. 50-51;] Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). "Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon." (in French/German).]Shōnai achieved great prominence in the late Edo period as a military power. Shōnai had command of the
Shinchōgumi , the unit organized for the security of Edo in the 1860s.In the Meiji Era, the former castle town became known once more as Tsuruoka.
List of daimyo
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Sakai clan (Fudai ; 138,000->140,000->167,000->120,000koku )#Tadakatsu (income raised to 140,000
koku )
#Tadamasa
#Tadayoshi
#Tadazane
#Tadayori (served asrōjū )
#Tadaatsu
#Tadaari
#Tadakata
#Tadaaki
#Tadatomo
#Tadazumi (income raised to 167,000koku )
#Tadamichi (income lowered to 120,000koku after surrender inBoshin War )References
* Papinot, Jacques Edmund Joseph. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha. [http://www.unterstein.net/Toyoashihara-no-Chiaki-Nagaioaki-no-Mitsuho-no-Kuni/NobiliaireJapon.pdf ..Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)]
ee also
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/mutudewa/shounai.html Genealogy of the lords of Shōnai]
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