Shimabara Domain

The Shimabara Domain (島原藩, Shimabara-han) was a feudal domain of Edo period Japan, located in Hizen Province, Kyūshū, occupying most of Shimabara Peninsula.

History

The Arima clan, who were Kirishitan daimyō, ruled over Shimabara Domain in the late Muromachi period from Hinoe Castle and Hara Castle. After the start of the national isolation policy, the Tokugawa Bakufu banned Christianity from 1614 and replaced Arima Naozumi with Matsukura Shigemasa. Matsukura, who strictly enforced the prohibition against Christianity with mass executions, also severely raised taxes to pay for the construction of his new Shimabara Castle from 1618-1624. This oppression of the peasants was a major factor leading to the Shimabara Rebellion.;^[1]

After the rebellion was suppressed, the domain was given to the Kōriki clan. It then passed to the Fukōzu-Matsudaira family, who ruled it from 1668 until 1871 (with a brief hiatus from 1747-1774).

In the Bakumatsu period, Matsudaira Tadachika became an influential official in the Tokugawa administration. However, the final daimyo of Shimabara, Matsudaira Tadakazu pledged Shimabara domain in support of Emperor Meiji in the Boshin War, proved his loyalty by committing his troops to the northern campaign against the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, fighting at Akita and Morioka.

List of daimyo

Arima clan, 1600-1614 (Tozama)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Arima Harunobu (有馬晴信)	1600-1612	Shūri-daiyū (修理大夫)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
2	Arima Naozumi (有馬直純)	1612-1614	Saiemonfu (左衛門佐)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku

Tenryō

Matsukura clan, 1616-1638 (Tozama)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Matsukura Shigemasa (松倉重政)	1616-1630	Bungo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
2	Matsukura Katsuie (松倉勝家)	1630-1638	Nagato-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku

Kōriki clan, 1638-1668 (Fudai)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Kōriki Tadafusa (戸田忠盈)	1638-1655	Sakontaiyu (左近大夫)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
2	Kōriki Takanaga (戸田忠寛)	1655-1668	Sakontaiyu (左近大夫)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku

Matsudaira (Fukōzu) clan, 1668-1747 (Fudai)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Matsudaira Tadafusa (松平忠房)	1669-1698	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 4th (従四位下)	65,000 koku
2	Matsudaira Tadakatsu (松平忠雄)	1698-1735	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 4th (従四位下)	65,000 koku
3	Matsudaira Tadami (松平忠俔)	1735-1738	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
4	Matsudaira Tadatoki (松平忠刻)	1738-1749	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 4th (従四位下)	65,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Tadamasa (松平忠祗)	1749	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 4th (従四位下)	65,000 koku

Toda clan, 1747-1774 (Fudai)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Toda Tadamitsu (戸田忠盈)	1749-1754	Hyuga-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	77,000 koku
2	Toda Tadatō (戸田忠寛)	1754-1774	Iki-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	77,000 koku

Matsudaira (Fukōzu) clan, 1774-1871 (Fudai)

	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	Revenue
1	Matsudaira Tadahiro (松平忠恕)	1774-1792	Yamato-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
2	Matsudaira Tadayori (松平忠馮)	1792-1819	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
3	Matsudaira Tadayoshi (松平忠侯)	1819-1840	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
4	Matsudaira Tadanari (松平忠誠)	1840-1847	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Tadakiyo (松平忠精)	1847-1859	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Tadaatsu (松平忠淳)	1859-1860	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Tadachika (松平忠愛)	1860-1862	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku
5	Matsudaira Tadakazu (松平忠和)	1862-1871	Tonomori-no-tsukasa　(主殿頭)	Lower 5th (従五位下)	65,000 koku

References

Notes

^ Murray, Japan, pp. 258-259.

Murray, David (1905). Japan. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons).
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[1] Murray, Japan, pp. 258-259.

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