Toba Domain

Toba Domain (鳥羽藩, Toba-han) was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Shima Province (part of modern-day Mie Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Toba Castle in what is now the city of Toba.

History

During the Sengoku period, most of Shima Province came under the control of Kuki Yoshitaka, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, who had a fleet of armored ships and controlled maritime traffic around Ise Bay. The Kuki clan fought on both sides during the Battle of Sekigahara, with Kuki Yoshitaka siding with the western forces loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, and his son Kuki Moritaka, joining the eastern armies of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

With the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, Kuki Moritaka was confirmed as daimyō of Toba, initially with revenues of 35,000 koku, growing to 55,000 koku under his son Kuki Hisataka, who was transferred to Sanda Domain in Settsu Province.

The Kuki were replaced by the tozama Naitō clan, which ruled Toba to 1680. The domain then reverted to tenryō status under the direct control of the shogunate for one year. It then came under the control of the Doi clan (1681–1691), Ogyu-Matsudaira clan (1691–1710), Itakura clan (1710–1717), and Toda-Matsudaira clan (1717–1725) before finally coming under the Inagaki clan (1725–1871), where it remained until the Meiji Restoration.

As with all domains, Toba Domain was not a single contiguous holding, but was geographically scattered over a wide area. During the Bakumatsu era it ruled all of Shima Province (37 villages in Toshi District and 19 villages in Ago District) as well as 8 villages in Iino District, 4 villages in Taki District, and 5 villages in Watari District, all in Ise Province.

During the Boshin War, Inagaki Nagayuki remained loyal to the Shogunate, and as a result was fined heavily by the Meiji government and forced into retirement. His son, Inagaki Nagahiro became domain governor, and after the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Toba Domain became "Toba Prefecture", which merged with the short-lived "Watarai Prefecture" in November 1871, which later became part of Mie Prefecture.

List of daimyōs

Kuki clan (fudai) 1597–1632

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Kuki Moritaka (九鬼守隆)	1597–1632	Nagato-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku
2	Kuki Hisataka (九鬼久隆)	1632–1632	Yamato-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 → 56,000 koku

Naitō clan (fudai) 1633–1680

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Naitō Tadashige (内藤忠重)	1633–1653	Shima-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku
2	Naitō Tadamasa (内藤忠政)	1653–1673	Hide-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku
3	Naitō Tadakatsu (内藤忠勝)	1673–1680	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	35,000 koku

Doi clan (fudai) 1681–1691

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Doi Toshimasa (土井利益)	1691–1710	Suwo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	70,000 koku

Ogyū-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1691–1710

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Matsudaira Norisato (松平乗邑)	1691–1710	Izumi-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	60,000 koku

Itakura clan (fudai) 1710–1717

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Itakura Shigeharu (板倉重治)	1710–1717	Tamba-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	50,000 koku

Toda-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1717–1725

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Matsudaira Mitsuchika (松平光慈)	1590–1603	Tamba-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	70,000 koku

Inagaki clan (fudai) 1725–1871

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Inagaki Terukata (稲垣昭賢)	1725–1752	Shinano-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
2	Inagaki Terunaga (稲垣昭央)	1752–1773	Tsushima-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
3	Inagaki Nagamochi (稲垣長以)	1773–1794	Settsu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
4	Inagaki Nagatsugu (稲垣長続)	1794–1818	Tsushima-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
5	Inagaki Nagakata (稲垣長剛)	1818–1842	Tsushima-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
6	Inagaki Nagaaki (稲垣長明)	1842–1866	Settsu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku
7	Inagaki Nagayuki (稲垣長行)	1866–1868	Settsu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	30,000 koku
8	Inagaki Nagahiro (稲垣長敬)	1868–1871	Tsushima-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku

References

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