Shimotsuma Domain

The nihongo|Shimotsuma Domain|下妻藩|Shimotsuma-han was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Shimotsuma, Ibaraki). The domain was disestablished in 1871. Its last ruler, Inoue Masaoto, became a viscount in the Meiji era.

Its government under the Inoue was perpetually unstable due to several of the Inoue lords dying young and in quick succession.

List of lords

*Tagaya clan (Tozama; 60,000 koku)

#Shigetsune (r. 1591-1601)

*Tokugawa clan (Shinpan; 100,000 koku)

#Yorifusa (r. 1606-1609)

*Period as "tenryō", 1609-1615.

*Matsudaira clan (Echizen) (Shinpan; 30,000 koku)

#Tadamasa (r. 1615-1616)

*Matsudaira clan (Hisamatsu) (Shinpan; 30,000 koku)

#Sadatsuna (r. 1616-1618)

*Period as "tenryō", 1619-1712.

*Inoue clan (Fudai; 10,000 koku)

#Masanaga (r. 1712-1720)
#Masaatsu (r. 1720-1753)
#Masatoki (r. 1753-1760)
#Masamune (r. 1760-1784)
#Masaki (r. 1784-1789)
#Masahiro (r. 1789-1814?)
#Masanori (r. 1814?-1816)
#Masatomo (r. 1816-1819)
#Masatami (r. 1819-1828)
#Masakata (r. 1828-1845)
#Masayoshi (r. 1845-1852)
#Masanobu (r. 1852-1856)
#Masakane (r. 1856-1866)
#Masaoto (r. 1866-1871)

References

*http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~me4k-skri/han/kantou/shimotuma.html
*Kikuchi, Akira (2000). "Shinsengumi Hyakuichi no Nazo." Tōkyō: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.