Hamamatsu Domain Explained

Native Name:浜松藩
Conventional Long Name:Hamamatsu Domain
Common Name:Hamamatsu Domain
Subdivision:Han
Status Text:under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
Government Type:Daimyō
Capital:Hamamatsu Castle
Today:Shizuoka Prefecture
Year Start:1601
Year End:1868
Era:Edo period

was a Japanese domain of the Edo period, located in Tōtōmi Province. It was centered on what is now Hamamatsu Castle in what is now the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Hamamatsu was the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu for much of his early career, and Hamamatsu Castle was nicknamed due to Ieyasu's promotion to shōgun. The domain was thus considered a prestigious posting, and was seen as a stepping stone in a daimyōs rise to higher levels with the administration of the Tokugawa shogunate, such rōjū or wakadoshiyori.

The domain had a population of 3324 samurai in 776 households at the start of the Meiji period. The domain maintained its primary residence (kamiyashiki) in Edo at Toranomon until the An'ei (1772–1781) period, and at Nihonbashi-Hamacho until the Meiji period [1]

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the han system, Hamamatsu Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[2] [3]

List of daimyōs

Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka
Matsudaira (Sakurai) clan (fudai) 1601–1609
11601–1609Uma-no-jo (右馬允)Lower 5th (従五位下)50,000 koku
Kōriki clan (fudai) 1619–1638
11619–1638Sakon-no-taifu  (左近大夫)Lower 5th (従五位下)35,000 koku
Matsudaira (Ogyū) clan (fudai) 1638–1644
11638–1644Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)Lower 5th (従五位下)36,000 koku
Ōta clan (fudai) 1644–1678
11644–1671Bitchu-no-kami (備中守)Lower 5th (従五位下)35,000 koku
21671–1678Settsu-no-kami (摂津守)Lower 4th (従四位下)35,000 koku
Aoyama clan (fudai) 1678–1702
11678–1679Inaba-no-kami (因幡守)Lower 4th (従四位下)50,000 koku
21679–1685Izumi-no-kami (和泉守)Lower 5th (従五位下)50,000 koku
31685–1702Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守)Lower 5th (従五位下)50,000 koku
Matsudaira (Honjō) clan (fudai) 1702–1729
11702–1723Hoki-no-kami (伯耆守)Lower 4th (従四位下)70,000 koku
21702–1729Bungo-no-kami (豊後守)Lower 5th (従五下)70,000 koku
Matsudaira (Ōkōchi/Nagasawa clan) (fudai) 1729–1752
11729–1744Izu-no-kami (伊豆守): Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)70,000 koku
21744–1752Izu-no-kami (伊豆守)Lower 5th (従五下)70,000 koku
Matsudaira (Honjō) clan (fudai) 1749–1768
11749–1752Bungo-no-kami (豊後守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)70,000 koku
21752–1768Iyo-no-kami (伊予守)Lower 5th (従五下)70,000 koku
Inoue clan (fudai)
11768-1766Kawachi-no-kami (河内守); Jijū (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 koku
21766–1786Kawachi-no-kami (河内守)Lower 5th (従四位下)60,000 koku
31786–1817Kawachi-no-kami (河内守)Lower 5th (従五下)60,000 koku
Mizuno clan (fudai) 1817–1856
11817–1845Echizen-no-kami (越前守); Jijū (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 koku
21845–1856Izumi-no-kami (和泉守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)50,000 koku
Inoue clan (fudai) 1845-1868
11845–1847Kawachi-no-kami (河内守); Jijū (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 koku
21847–1868Kawachi-no-kami (河内守); Jijū (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)60,000 koku

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    Notes and References

    1. http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/50.html Edo daimyo.net
    2. [Jeffrey Mass|Mass, Jeffrey P.]
    3. Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.