Tanaka Domain

Tanaka Domain (田中藩, Tanaka-han) was a tozama Japanese feudal domain of the Edo period, located in Suruga Province, centered on what is now Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It was the location of a noted martial arts school.

History

Tanaka Domain was controlled by a large number of daimyō families in the course of its history, seldom for more than one generation.

Nakamura Kazutada, a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and castellan of Sumpu Castle built Tanaka Castle as a subsidiary fortification guarding the eastern approaches to Sumpu. After the defeat of the Toyotomi forces at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was relocated to Yonago by the victorious Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ieyasu kept Sumpu Castle for himself, and gave Tanaka Castle to his retainer Sakai Tadatoshi in 1601, with revenue of 10,000 koku. This marked the start of Tanaka Domain. Tadatoshi developed Fujieda-juku into a post station on the Tōkaidō, and as a castle town. He was so successful in his efforts that he was rewarded with a larger domain at Kawagoe in Musashi province in 1607, and Tanaka Domain reverted to direct Shogunal control.

Tanaka Domain was then given to Matsudaira (Sakurai) Tadashige, with its revenues increased to 25,000 koku in 1633. However, Tadashige was transferred to Kakegawa two years later, and his place was taken Mizuno Tadayoshi, with revenues of 45,000 koku. The Mizuno clan was subsequently replaced by the Matsudaira (Fujii), Hōjō, Nishio, Sakura, Tsuchiya, Ōta, Naitō, and Toki clans until Tanaka Domain finally came under the rule of the Honda clan in 1730. The Honda continued to rule Tanaka Domain over seven generations, until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. After the final Tokugawa Shōgun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, surrendered his title to Emperor Meiji, he relocated from Edo to Sumpu, with the provinces of Suruga, Izu and Mikawa as his personal domains. Tanaka Domain was included with in area of the new Shizuoka Domain. Thus, in September 1868, Tanaka Domain officially ceased to exist. The final daimyō of Tanaka Domain, Honda Masamori, received the new (and short-lived) domain of Nagao Domain in Awa province in exchange.

List of daimyō

Sakai clan (fudai) 1601-1609

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Sakai Tadatoshi (酒井忠利)	1601–1607	Bungo-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	10,000 koku

tenryō　1607-1635

Matsudaira (Sakurai) clan (fudai) 1635-1644

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Matsudaira Tadashige (松平忠重)	1633–1635	Daizen-no-suke	Lower 5th (従五位下)	25,000 koku

Mizuno clan (fudai) 1635-1644

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Mizuno Tadayoshi (水野忠善)	1635–1642	Daizen-no-suke	Lower 5th (従五位下)	45,000 koku

Matsudaira (Fujii) clan (fudai) 1642-1644

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Matsudaira Tadaharu (松平忠晴)	1642–1644	Iga-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	25,000 koku

Nishio clan (fudai) 1649-1679

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Nishio Tadateru (西尾忠照)	1649–1654	Tango-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	25,000 koku
２	Nishio Tadanari (西尾忠成)	1654–1679	Oki-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	25,000 koku

Sakai clan (fudai) 1679-1681

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Sakai Tadayoshi (酒井忠能)	1679–1681	Hyuga-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku

Tsuchiya clan (fudai) 1681-1684

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Tsuchiya Masanao (土屋政直)	1681–1684	Noto-no-kami; Sagami-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	45,000 koku

Ōta clan (fudai) 1684-1705

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Ōta Sukenao (太田資直)	1684–1705	Settsu-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	50,000 koku
2	Ōta Sukeharu (太田資晴)	1705	Bitchu-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	50,000 koku

Naitō clan (fudai) 1601-1613

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Naitō Kazunobu (内藤弌信)	1705–1720	Bizen-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	50,000 koku

Toki clan (fudai) 1730-1868

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Toki Yoritaka (土岐頼殷)	1712–1713	Iyo-no-Kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	35,000 koku
2	Toki Yoritoshi (土岐頼稔)	1713–1742	Tango-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	35,000 koku

Honda clan (fudai) 1730-1868

#	Name	Tenure	Courtesy title	Court Rank	revenues
1	Honda Masanori (本多正矩)	1730–1735	Bizen-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
2	Honda Masayoshi (本多正珍)	1735–1773	Hoki-no-kami	Lower 4th (従四位下)	40,000 koku
3	Honda Masatomo (本多正供)	1773–1777	Kii-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
4	Honda Masaharu (本多正温)	1777–1800	Hoki-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
5	Honda Masaoki (本多正意)	1800–1829	Totomi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
6	Honda Masahiro (本多正寛)	1829–1850	Totomi-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku
6	Honda Masamori (本多正納)	1850–1868	Kii-no-kami	Lower 5th (従五位下)	40,000 koku

References

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