Nishio Domain

reconstructed yagura of Nishio Castle

Nishio Domain (挙母藩, Nishio han^?) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in former Mikawa Province, in what is now the modern-day city of Nishio in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was centered on Nishio Castle.

History

When Tokugawa Ieyasu became independent of the Imagawa clan in 1561, he established Nishio Castle, and assigned his close hereditary retainer, Sakai Masachika to become its first castellan. It was a mark of Ieyasu’s favor and trust, as Sakai Masachika was the first of Ieyasu’s retainers to be so honored. Following the Battle of Sekigahara, the Sakai clan was reassigned to more lucrative territories in western Japan, and was replaced by a branch of the Honda clan as first rulers of the new Nishio-han. The domain changed hands with almost every generation, reverting for periods to tenryō status under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Doi clan held the territory for almost 100 years (1663-1747), and the Ogyu branch of the Matsudaira clan from 1764 until the Meiji restoration in 1867. The final daimyō, Matsudaira Noritsune, took part in the Second Chōshū expedition, and was assigned to guard Osaka and Kyoto, but presided over domain deeply divided between pro- and anti- Shogunal factions. He surrendered to the new Meiji government during the Boshin War, after the defection of many junior samurai to the pro-Imperial cause.

After the abolition of the han system in July 1871, the domain became “Nishio Prefecture”, which later became part of Nukata Prefecture, and finally Aichi Prefecture.

Nishio Domain was not a single contiguous territory, but consisted of many widely scattered holdings:

• Mikawa Province: 112 villages in Hazu, 19 villages in Kamo, 7 villages in Nukata, 4 villages in Hoi, 1 village in Hekikai
• Suruga Province: 8 villages in Kitō, 2 villages in Haibara, 1 village in Fuji, 1 village in Suntō,
• Echizen Province: 27 villages in Nyū, 7 villages in Nanjō District, Fukui, 3 villages in Sakai

List of daimyō

• Honda clan (fudai) 1601–1617

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Honda Yasutoshi ( 本多 康俊?)	1601–1617	Nui no suke	Lower 5th (従五位下)	20,000 koku

• Ogyu Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1617–1621

1

Matsudaira Narishige ( 松平 成重?)

1617–1621

Ukon-no-jō

Lower 5th (従五位下)

20,000 koku

• Honda clan (fudai) 1621–1636

1

Honda Toshitsugu ( 本多 俊次?)

1621–1636

Shimosa-no-kami

Lower 5th (従五位下)

35,000 koku

• Ōta clan (fudai) 1638–1644

1

Ōta Sukemune ( 太田 資宗?)

1638–1644

Bitchu-no-kami

Lower 5th (従五位下)

15,000 – 35,000 koku

• Ii clan (fudai) 1645–1659

1

II Naoyoshi ( 井伊 直好?)

1645–1659

Hyōbu-shō

Lower 5th (従五位下)

35,000 koku

• Mashiyama clan (fudai) 1659–1663

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Mashiyama Masatoshi ( 増山 正利?)	1659–1662	Danjō-shōhitsu	Lower 5th (従五位下)	20,000 koku
2	Mashiyama Masamitsu ( 増山 正弥?)	1662–1663	Hyōbu-shō	Lower 5th (従五位下)	20,000 koku

• Doi clan (fudai) 1663-1747

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Doi Toshinaga ( 土井 利長?)	1663–1681	Hyōgo-ryō	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku
2	Doi Toshimoto ( 土井 利意?)	1681–1724	Yamashiro-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku
3	Doi Toshitsune ( 土井 利庸?)	1724–1734	Awaji-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku
4	Doi Toshinobu ( 土井 利信?)	1734–1747	Iyo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku

• Miura clan (fudai) 1747-1764

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Miura Yoshisato ( 三浦 義理?)	1747–1756	Kazue-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku
2	Miura Akitsugu ( 三浦 明次?)	1756–1764	Hyōgo-ryō	Lower 5th (従五位下)	23,000 koku

• Ogyu Matsudaira (fudai) 1764-1871

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Matsudaira Norisuke ( 松平 乗祐?)	1764–1769	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	60,000 koku
2	Matsudaira Norisada ( 松平乗完?)	1769–1793	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
3	Matsudaira Norihiro ( 松平 乗寛?)	1793–1839	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	60,000 koku
4	Matsudaira Noriyasu ( 松平 乗全?)	1839–1862	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Noritsune ( 松平 乗秩?)	1862–1871	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	60,000 koku

References

• Papinot, E (1910). Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan. Tuttle (reprint) 1972. 
• (Japanese) Nishio Domain on "Edo 300 HTML"

Coordinates: 34°51′6″N 137°02′55″E / 34.85167°N 137.04861°E / 34.85167; 137.04861