Toyooka Domain

The Nihongo|Toyooka Domain|豊岡藩|Toyooka-han was a feudal domain of Japan during the Edo period. Its lands were in the vicinity of Kinosaki District, Tajima Province (in present-day Hyōgo Prefecture). The administrative headquarters were initially at Toyooka Castle (in the modern city of Toyooka), and later at Toyooka Jin'ya.

Toyooka was established in 1600 following the Battle of Sekigahara. At that battle, Sugihara Nagafusa fought on the Western (losing) side, but he was married to a daughter of Asano Nagamasa, who was in favor with the victor Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Nagafusa received the fief with an appraisal of 25,000 "koku".

The Sugihara held the fief for three generations. The second lord died without a son, and his nephew became the head of the fief. However, he died at age 17 without heir. This ended the Sugihara rule in Toyooka. Under the Sugihara the fief had declined to 10,000 "koku".

Control passed to the Tokugawa shogunate. After 15 years, the shogunate awarded Toyooka to Kyōgoku Takamori, and nine members of the Kyōgoku held the fief until the abolition of the han system in 1871. Takamori was transferred from the Tanabe Domain where he had held a castle; in Toyooka his headquarters were at a smaller "jin'ya". However, Toyooka was assessed at 35,000 "koku." During the remainder of the Edo period, the assessment of the fief changed, ending at 15,000 "koku."

People from Toyooka

Ōishi Riku, wife of Ōishi Kuranosuke, leader of the Forty-seven Ronin, was a daughter of Ishizuka Tsuneyoshi, principal house elder of Toyooka. She later returned to Toyooka, and lived with her father at the time of the revenge of the ronin.

Daimyo

*Sugihara Nagafusa
*Sugihara Shigenaga
*Sugihara Shigeharu
* (Shogunal land)
*Kyōgoku Takamori
*Kyōgoku Takazumi
*Kyōgoku Takayoshi
*Kyōgoku Takanori
*Kyōgoku Takanaga
*Kyōgoku Takakazu
*Kyōgoku Takaari
*Kyōgoku Takayuki
*Kyōgoku Takaatsu

ource

This article incorporates material from 豊岡藩 ("Toyooka-han") in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved February 24, 2008.