Remnant of the San-no-maru moats of Tanaka Castle
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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
#
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