| Native Name: | 高須藩 |
| Conventional Long Name: | Takasu Domain |
| Common Name: | Takasu Domain |
| Subdivision: | Domain |
| Nation: | Japan |
| Government Type: | Daimyō |
| P1: | Mino Province |
| S1: | Owari DomainNagoya Domain |
| Today: | Gifu Prefecture |
| Year Start: | 1600 |
| Year End: | 1870 |
| Life Span: | 1600–1628 1640–1691 1700–1870 |
| Era: | Edo period |
The was a Japanese domain located in Mino Province (present-day Kaizu, Gifu). For most of its history, it was ruled by the Takasu-Matsudaira, a branch of the Tokugawa clan of Owari Domain.
Matsudaira Katamori, Matsudaira Sadaaki, Tokugawa Yoshikatsu, and Tokugawa Mochinaga, four important figures in Bakumatsu-era Japan, were the sons of Matsudaira Yoshitatsu, one of Takasu's last daimyō.
In 1600, after the Battle of Sekigahara, Takagi Morikane was dispossessed of Takasu Castle for having sided with the pro-Toyotomi Western Army under Ishida Mitsunari. He was replaced by Tokunaga Nagamasa, one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s generals and was assigned a fief with a kokudaka of 50,673 koku. The marked the start of Takasu Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. His son, Tokunaga Masashige, increased the kokudaka to 53,000 koku; however, he was dispossessed in 1628 over his failure to complete the rebuilding of the walls of Osaka Castle, and the domain was suppressed.
Takasu Domain was revived in 1640 as a 22,000 koku holding for a cadet branch of the Ogasawara clan from Sekiyado Domain in Shimōsa. However, the domain suffered greatly from flood damage, and the shogunate transferred the Ogasawara to Katsuyama Domain in Echizen in 1691.
The domain was revived a third time in 1700, this time as a 30,000 koku holding for Matsudaira Yoshiyuki, the younger son of Tokugawa Mitsutomo of Owari Domain. Matsudaira Yoshiyuki was already daimyō of the 30,000 koku Takai Domain in Mino Province since 1681, and traded this territory of Takasu Domain, which then became a subsidiary to Owari Domain. The domain remained in the hands of his descendants until the Meiji restoration.
Although administered as a part of Owari Domain, the position of Takasu Domain was somewhat ambiguous, as it was authorized directly by the shogunate rather than by Owari Domain. On the other hand, its daimyō lived permanently in Edo, and administered domain affairs through appointed officials, rather than residing in the domain and was thus not subject to Sankin-kōtai.
As with most domains in the han system, Takasu Domain consisted of a discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[1] [2]
| Name | Tenure | Courtesy title | Court Rank | kokudaka | ||
| Tokunaga clan (Tozama) 1600-1646 | ||||||
| 1 | 1600-1632 | Iwami-no-kami (石見守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 50,673 koku | ||
| 2 | 1632–1646 | Sama-no-suke (左馬介) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 52,000 koku | ||
| tenryō 1646-1649 | ||||||
| Ogasawara clan (fudai) 1649-1676 | ||||||
| 1 | 1646–1676 | Tosa-no-kami (土佐守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 22,000 koku | ||
| tenryō 1676-1700 | ||||||
| Matsudaira clan/Tokugawa clan (Shinpan) 1700-1870 | ||||||
| 1 | 1700-1715 | Settsu-no-kami (摂津守) | Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 2 | 1715–1732 | Settsu-no-kami (摂津守) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 3 | 1732–1739 | Sakonoe-shosho (左近衛少将) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 4 | 1739–1771 | Nakatsukasa no-daiyu (中務大輔) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 5 | 1771–1777 | Settsu-no-kami (摂津守); Jijū (侍従) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 6 | 1777–1795 | Settsu-no-kami (摂津守); Jijū (侍従) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 7 | 1795–1801 | Danjo-hitsu (弾正大弼) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 8 | 1801–1804 | Sakonoe-shosho (左少将)；Jijū (侍従) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 9 | 1804-1832 | Sakonoe-shosho (左少将) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 10 | 1832–1850 | Sakonoe-shosho (左少将) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 11 | 1850-1858 | Sakonoe-shosho (左少将) | Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 12 | 1858–1860 | - none - | - none - | 30,000 koku | ||
| 13 | 1860-1869 | - none - | 5th Rank, (従五位) | 30,000 koku | ||
| 14 | 1869 –1870 | - none - | - none - | 30,000 koku | ||