Tanba-Kameyama Domain Explained

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Native Name:丹波亀山藩
Conventional Long Name:Tanba-Kameyama Domain
Common Name:Tanba-Kameyama Domain
Subdivision:Han
Status Text:under Tokugawa shogunate Japan
Government Type:Daimyō
Capital:Kameyama Castle
Today:part of Kyoto Prefecture
Year Start:1600
Year End:1871
Era:Edo period

right|250px|thumb|Matsudaira Nobumasa, final daimyō of Tanba-Kameyama

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Tanba Province in what is now the west-central portion of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture. It was centered initially around Kameyama Castle in what is now the city of Kameoka, Kyoto.[1] [2] [3] It is referred to as "Tanba-Kameyama Domain" to disambiguate it from Ise-Kameyama Domain.

History

The Kameoka area is located about 20 kilometers to the west of Kyoto, to which it is connected by the Kizugawa River. The area has long been regarded as the western gateway to Kyoto and was of strategic importance in protecting it from approach from both the San'in region and San'yo regions of western Japan. Recognizing the importance of this location, Oda Nobunaga's vassal Akechi Mitsuhide constructed a castle from which he conquered Tanba Province.[4] [5] It was from this castle that he later set out in 1582 to assassinate Nobunaga at the Honnō-ji Incident.[6] After Akechi Mitsuhide's defeat by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the castle was held by a number of members of the Toyotomi clan or various generals, who changed in rapid succession, including Maeda Gen'i, one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Go-Bugyō. Maeda joined the Western army at the Battle of Sekigahara, but although he was on the losing side, Tokugawa Ieyasu confirmed him as daimyō of the 50,000 koku Kameyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. His adopted son, Maeda Shigekatsu was transferred to Yakami Domain in 1609. The domain then passed through a large number of fudai clans in its history, most of whom stayed for only one or two generations.

In 1609, Okabe Nagamori was transferred from Shimōsa Province as a measure against Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Osaka Castle. The castle town was completed, and Kameyama Castle was rebuilt with the assistance of various western daimyō as a gesture of fealty to the Tokugawa. The Okabe were transferred to Fukuchiyama Domain in 1621. Later that same year, Matsudaira Narishige of the Ogyu-Matsudaira was transferred from Nishio Domain in Mikawa Province. His son, Matsudaira Tadaaki, was transferred to Bungo Province in 1634. The Matsudaira were replaced by Suganuma Sadayoshi of Zeze Domain. On the death of his son Suganuma Sadaakiara without heir in 1647, the domain passed to Matsudaira Sadaharu of the Fujii-Matsudaira, formerly of Kakegawa Domain. The clan ruled to 1686, when they were transferred to Iwatsuki Domain. The domain was then ruled from 1686-1697 by Kuze Shigeyuki, formerly of Niwase Domain. After his transfer to Yoshida Domain, Inoue Masamune of Gujō Domain ruled briefly to his transfer to Shimodate Domain in 1702. The Aoyama clan then ruled to 1748, with Aoyama Tadashige coming from Hamamatsu Domain, and his grandson Aoyama Tadatomo going to Sasayama Domain.

Following the Aoyama, the domain came under the rule of the Katanobara-Matsudaira clan, who would continue to rule for the remainder of the Edo Period. This brought a period of political stability to the domain. The 7th daimyō, Matsudaira Nobuyoshi served as Jisha-bugyō, Osaka jōdai and rōjū during the tumultuous Bakumatsu period,and narrowly escaped assassination for his role as Ii Naosuke's assistant in the Ansei Purge. He was one of the Japanese negotiators in the Anglo-Satsuma War. His successor, Matsudaira Nobumasa reversed the domain's position, and quickly joined the imperial side in the Boshin War. On July 27, 1869 the domain's name was officially changed to "Kameoka Domain" to avoid confusion with Ise-Kameyama Domain. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system, Kameoka briefly became "Kameoka Prefecture", which was merged with Kyoto Prefecture a few months later.

Holdings at the end of the Edo period

As with most domains in the han system, Tanba-Kameyama Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[7] [8]

List of daimyō

Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka
Maeda clan, 1600-1602 (tozama)
11600 – 1602Minbukyō-hōin (民部卿法印)-none- 50,000 koku
21602 – 1602Shuzen-no-kami (主膳正)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku
Okabe clan, 1609-1615 (fudai)
11609 – 1615Naizen-no-kami (内膳正)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)32,000 koku
Ogyū-Matsudaira clan, 1615-1634 (fudai)
11615 – 1615Ukon-no-jō (右近将監)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)22,000 koku
21615 – 1634Shinano-no-kami (信濃守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)22,000 koku
Suganuma clan, 1634-1648 (fudai)
11634 – 1643Oribe-no-kami (織部正)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)41,000 koku
21643 – 1648Sakon-no-jo (左近将監)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)41,000 koku
Fujii-Matsudaira clan, 1648-1685 (fudai)
11648 – 1667Iga-no-kami (伊賀守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)38,000 koku
21667 – 1683Iga-no-kami (伊賀守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)38,000 koku
31683 – 1685Iga-no-kami (伊賀守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)38,000 koku
Kuze clan, 1685 -1697 (fudai)
11685 – 1697Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jijū (侍従)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
Inoue clan, 1697 -1702 (fudai)
11697 – 1702Kawachi-no-kami (河内守); Jijū (侍従)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)47,000 koku
Aoyama clan, 1702-1749 (fudai)
11702 – 1722Inaba-no-kami (因幡守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku
21722 – 1730Inaba-no-kami (因幡守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku
31730 – 1749Inaba-no-kami (因幡守)Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku
Katanobara-Matsudaira clan, 1749 -1871 (fudai)
11748 – 1763Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
21763 – 1781Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
31781 – 1791Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
41791 – 1802Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
51802 – 1816Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
61816 – 1843Kii-no-kami (紀伊守)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
71843 – 1866Kii-no-kami (紀伊守); Jijū (侍従)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku
81866 – 1871Zusho-no-kami (図書頭)Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 koku

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Nigi . Kenichi . 藩と城下町の事典―国別 . 2004 . Tokyodo Printing . 978-4490106510.
  3. Book: Papinot, E. 1910. Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan . Tuttle (reprint) 1972 .
  4. Web site: 第8回 光秀の丹波経略の拠点亀山城 . 城びと. Japanese. 25 July 2019.
  5. Web site: 明智光秀~1人でも多くの人に知ってもらいたい . 亀岡市観光協会公式. Japanese. 25 July 2019.
  6. Web site: 明智光秀 亀山城 . 攻城団. Japanese. 25 July 2019.
  7. [Jeffrey Mass|Mass, Jeffrey P.]
  8. Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18.