was a minor feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on what is now part of the city of Katori. It was ruled for most of its history by the Uchida clan.
History Omigawai Domain was created for Matsudaira Ietada in 1594, a close associate of Tokugawa Ieyasu. After his death at the Battle of Sekigahara, the domain passed to Doi Toshikatsu, another close retainer of Tokugawa Ieyasu who played a crucial role in the formation of the Tokugawa shogunate. After he was transferred to Sakura Domain, Omigawa was granted to Andō Shigenobu, a retainer of Tokugawa Hidetada, who had also fought at Sekigahara. On his transfer to Takasaki Domain in 1619, Omigawa Domain reverted to tenryō status, directly under the control of the shogunate and administered by a series of hatamoto -level officials.
Omigawa Domain was revived in 1724 for Uchida Masachika, who was demoted in status from the 15,000 koku daimyō of Kanuma Domain in Kōzuke Province to 10,000 koku at Omigawa due to crimes committed by his father Uchida Masayuki. He was allowed to build a jin'ya in what later become the town of Omigawa, Chiba, where his successors continued to rule until the Meiji Restoration. The final daimyō of Omigawa Domain, Uchida Masanori fought on the imperial side during the Boshin War, and later became an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, serving in combat during the First Sino-Japanese War.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period As with most domains in the han system, Omigawa Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.Mass, Jeffrey P. and William B. Hauser. (1987). The Bakufu in Japanese History, p. 150.Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century, p. 18. Shimōsa Province 17 villages in Katori District 1 village in Kaijō District Mutsu Province (Iwashiro Province) 9 villages in Shirakawa District
List of daimyō #Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank revenues Matsudaira (Fuko) clan (fudai) 1594–160111594–1600-none- -none- 10,000 koku21600–1601Tonomo-no-kami(主殿頭) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku Doi clan (fudai) 1602–161011602–1610Ōi-no-kami (大炊頭); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 10, 000 koku Andō clan (fudai) 1612–161911612–1619Tsushima-no-kami (対馬守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 16, 000 kokuxtenryō 1619–1724 Uchida clan (fudai) 1724–187111724–1746Dewa-no-kami (出羽守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10, 000 koku21746–1753 Dewa-no-kami (出羽守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku31753–1782 Omi-no-kami (近江守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku41782–1806Ise-no-kami (伊勢守)Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku51806–1816Omi-no-kami (近江守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku61816–1837Ise-no-kami (伊勢守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku71837–1851Bungo-no-kami (豊後守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10, 000 koku81851–1863 Tonomo-no-kami (主殿頭)Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku91863–1864 Tonomo-no-kami (主殿頭)Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku101864–1871Tonomo-no-kami (主殿頭)Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku
References
Bolitho, Harold (1974). Treasures among men; the fudai daimyo in Tokugawa Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. Kodama Kōta 児玉幸多, Kitajima Masamoto 北島正元 (1966). Kantō no shohan 関東の諸藩. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
External links Genealogy of the lords of Omigawa
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