reconstructed yagura of Nishio Castle Nishio Domain (西尾藩 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 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 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
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Honda Yasutoshi (本多 康俊)1601–1617
Nui no suke (縫殿助)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
20,000 koku
2nd son of Sakai Tadatsugu
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Matsudaira Narishige (松平 成重)1617–1621
Ukon-no-jō (右近将監)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
20,000 koku
transfer to Kameyama Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Honda Toshitsugu (本多 俊次)1621–1636
Shimosa-no-kami (下総守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
35,000 koku
son of Honda Yasutoshi ; transfer to Kameyama Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Ōta Sukemune (太田 資宗)1638–1644
Bitchu-no-kami (備中守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
15,000 – 35,000 koku
transfer from Yamakawa Domain; 2nd son of Ōta Shigemasa;Hamamatsu Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Ii Naoyoshi (井伊 直好)1645–1659
Hyōbu-shō (兵部少輔)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
35,000 koku
transfer from Anaka Domain; son of Ii Naokatsu; transfer to Kakegawa Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Mashiyama Masatoshi (増山 正利)1659–1662
Danjō-shōhitsu (弾正少弼)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
20,000 koku
son of Aoki Toshinaga
2
Mashiyama Masamitsu (増山 正弥)1662–1663
Hyōbu-shō (兵部少輔)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
20,000 koku
son of Nasu Tsukemutsu; transfer to Shimodate Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Doi Toshinaga (土井 利長)1663–1681
Hyōgo-ryō (兵庫頭)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
2nd son of Doi Toshikatsu
2
Doi Toshimoto (土井 利意)1681–1724
Yamashiro-no-kami (山城守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
7th son of Inaba Masanori
3
Doi Toshitsune (土井 利庸)1724–1734
Awaji-no-kami (淡路守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
adopted from Miura clan
4
Doi Toshinobu (土井 利信)1734–1747
Iyo-no-kami (伊予守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
son of Toshinaga; transfer to Kariya Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Miura Yoshisato (三浦 義理)1747–1756
Kazue-no-kami (主計頭)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
son of Akihiro; transfer from Kariya Domain
2
Miura Akitsugu (三浦 明次)1756–1764
Hyōgo-ryō (兵庫頭)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
23,000 koku
3rd son of Akitaka; transfer to Katsuyama Domain
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Name
Tenure
Courtesy title
Court Rank
Revenues
Lineage
1
Matsudaira Norisuke (松平 乗祐)1764–1769
Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
60,000 koku
son of Norisato; transfer from Yamagata Domain
2
Matsudaira Norisada (松平乗完)1769–1793
Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)
Lower 4th (従四位下)
60,000 koku
4th son of Norisuke
3
Matsudaira Norihiro (松平 乗寛)1793–1839
Izumi-no-kami( 和泉守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
60,000 koku
son of Norisada
4
Matsudaira Noriyasu (松平 乗全)1839–1862
Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)
Lower 4th (従四位下)
60,000 koku
son of Norihiro
5
Matsudaira Noritsune (松平 乗秩)}1862–1871
Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)
Lower 5th (従五位下)
60,000 koku
2nd son of Norihiro
References
34°51′6″N 137°02′55″E / 34.85167°N 137.04861°E / 34.85167; 137.04861
Honda clan (fudai) 1601–1617
Ogyū-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1617–1621
Ōta clan (fudai) 1638–1644
Ii clan (fudai) 1645–1659
Mashiyama clan (fudai) 1659–1663
Doi clan (fudai) 1663-1747
Miura clan (fudai) 1747-1764
Ogyū-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1764-1871