Shiiya Domain Explained

Native Name:椎谷藩
Conventional Long Name:Shiiya Domain
Common Name:Shiiya Domain
Subdivision:Han
Status Text:under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
Government Type:Daimyō
Capital:Shiiya jin'ya
Coordinates:37.476°N 138.6198°W
Today:part of Niigata Prefecture
Year Start:1698
Year End:1871
Era:Edo period

was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in Echigo Province, in the Hokuriku region of Honshū. The domain was centered at Shiiya Jin'ya, located on the coast of what is now part of the city of Kashiwazaki in Niigata Prefecture.[1]

History

For his role in the Siege of Osaka, Hori Naoyuki, the 4th son of the famous general Hori Naomasa, was granted 5,500 koku holding in Echigo Province July 1616. He built a jin'ya in Shiiya to administer his new domain. Naoyuki's son Hori Naokage, served as Edo bugyō and Jisha-bugyō in the shogunal administration, and for which he was awarded additional holdings with a kokudaka of 9,500 koku, to which he added an additional 2,000 koku of newly developed rice lands. This enabled him to qualify for the status of daimyō. He established his seat in Kazusa Province at Kazusa-Kariya Domain (1642-1668) in what is now part of the city of Isumi, Chiba. His son, Hori Naoyoshi, moved to Kazusa-Hachiman Domain (1668-1698) in what is now part of Ichihara, Chiba. Tori Naoyoshi's son Hori Naosada then moved the clan's seat to the original jin'ya in Echigo Province in 1698, which marked the official start of Shiiya Domain. The clan headquarters remained at Shiiya until the Meiji restoration; however, the daimyō remained in permanent residence in Edo and managed the domain as absentee landlords.

During the period of the 8th daimyō, Hori Akitomo, fiscal reforms were implemented; however, Akitomo was of weak constitution and was unable to see the reforms through. The domain was also hit hard by the Great Tenmei famine, which resulted in considerable peasant unrest.

During the Boshin War, the domain was a battleground in Battle of Hokuetsu. In July 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Shiiya Domain briefly became Shiiya Prefecture, and was merged into the newly created Niigata Prefecture. Under the new Meiji government, Hori Yukiyoshi, the final daimyō of Shiiya Domain was given the kazoku peerage title of danshaku (baron).

Bakumatsu period holdings

As with most domains in the han system, Shiiya 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 daimyō

Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudakaNotes
Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871
11642-1668'Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 kokuKazusa-Kariya Domain
21668-1668Hida-no-kami (飛騨守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudakaNotes
Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871
11668-1691Hida-no-kami (飛騨守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 kokuKazusa-Hachiman Domain
21691-1698Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudakaNotes
Hori clan (fudai) 1689-1871
11698-1711Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 kokuShiiya Domain
21711-1720Hida-no-kami (飛騨守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)10,000 koku
31720-1730Tōtōmi-no-kami (遠江守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
41730-1748Izumo-no-kami (出雲守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
51748-1751Hida-no-kami (飛騨守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
61751-1768Daizen-no-suke (大膳亮) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
71768-1781Bizen-no-kami (備前守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
81781-1792Shikibu-no-sho (式部少輔) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
91792-1807Ōmi-no-kami (近江守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
101808-1812Chikugo-no-kami (筑後守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
111812-1830Ōmi-no-kami (近江守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
121830-1862Izumo-no-kami (出雲守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku
131863-1871Ukyō-no-suke (右京亮) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) 10,000 koku

See also

List of Han

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.japanese-castle-explorer.com/province.html?name=Echigo "Echigo Province" at JapaneseCastleExplorer.com
  2. [Jeffrey Mass|Mass, Jeffrey P.]
  3. Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.