- Karatsu Domain
The nihongo|Karatsu Domain|唐津藩|Karatsu-han was a Japanese domain of the
Edo period , located inHizen Province , inKyūshū . Its seat of government was inKaratsu Castle , in modern-dayKaratsu, Saga .History
The Karatsu domain was founded in 1593, by
Terazawa Hirotaka , who was granted lordship of Karatsu and a landholding of 83,000koku . He was also made "bugyō " of Nagasaki. The Terazawa clan took part in theBattle of Sekigahara , and received 40,000 morekoku of land, bringing the size of the domain up to 123,000koku . The Terazawa also took part in the shogunate's expedition to suppress theShimabara Uprising . The family held on to Karatsu until 1647, when Hirotaka's son Katataka committed suicide; due to a lack of heir, the family came to an end and the domain was confiscated by theTokugawa shogunate .Several families were rotated through Karatsu for the next century: two generations of the
Ōkubo clan ; three generations of the Ogyū-Matsudaira clan, four generations of the Doi clan, and four of theMizuno clan , including the famous reformerMizuno Tadakuni . The domain then passed into the hands ofOgasawara Nagamasa [Rein, "Japan", p. 521.] , whose family remained there until the Karatsu domain was abolished in 1871. During the Boshin War of 1868-69,Ogasawara Nagamichi , the de facto ruler of Karatsu, led a group of his retainers on the side of theŌuetsu Reppan Dōmei ; after the fall of this alliance he went toEzo and fought under the forces of theEzo Republic . At the same time, Karatsu's domain-based administration was forced to pledge military support to theImperial Japanese Army .Ogasawara Naganari , the Meiji-era admiral, was a descendant of the Ogasawara branch which ruled Karatsu.List of lords
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Terazawa clan , 1593-1647 (Tozama ; 83,000->123,000koku ) [ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/karatu.html Karatsu domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] (9 Oct. 2007)]*
Doi clan 1691-1762 (Fudai ; 70,000koku ) [ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/karatu.html Karatsu domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] (9 Oct. 2007)]References
*ja icon [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kyushu/karatu.html Karatsu domain on "Edo 300 HTML"] (9 Oct. 2007)
*Bolitho, Harold (1974). "Treasures among Men". New Haven: Yale University Press.
*Rein, Johannes (1884). "Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government". New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son.
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