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Iyo-Matsuyama Domain

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain is located in Ehime Prefecture

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain

Location of Matsuyama Castle

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain is located in Japan

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain (Japan)

Iyo-Matsuyama Domain (伊予松山藩, Iyo-Matsuyama-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now central Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. It was centered around Matsuyama Castle, and was ruled throughout most of its history by the shinpan daimyō Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan. Iyo-Matsuyama Domain was dissolved in the abolition of the han system in 1871 and is now part of Ehime Prefecture.[1][2][3]

Katō Yoshiaki was one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most trusted and experienced generals, having distinguished himself at the Battle of Shizugatake in 1583 and in the Japanese invasions of Korea,[4] After Hideyoshi's death in 1598, Katō sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, and his 60,000 koku holdings in Masaki in Iyo Province were expanded to 200,000 koku. He relocated his seat to Matsuyama Castle and this marked the beginning of Iyo-Matsuyama Domain. In 1627, he was transferred to Aizu Domain, and replaced by Gamō Tadatomo from Kaminoyama Domain in Dewa Province, who died without heir in 1634.

The Tokugawa shogunate then assigned Matsudaira Sadayuki from Kuwana Domain to govern the territory, which was reduced in size to 150,000 koku. His branch of the Matsudaira clan would govern Iyo-Matsuyama Domain to the Meiji restoration. Although prosperous in its early years, the domain was hard hit by famine caused by droughts and floods during the Kanbun and Enpo eras (1661–1680), and financial difficulties continued thereafter. In particular, the Kyōhō famine of 1732 was especially severe and the 5th daimyō. Matsudaira Sadahide was severely criticized by this shogunate for mismanagement when it was revealed that although 3500 commoners had died of starvation, his samurai continued to enjoy lives of dissipation. Despite constant financial issues, the tenshu of Matsuyama Castle was rebuilt in 1854 by the 12th daimyō, Matsudaira Katsuyoshi, although it had been destroyed by lightning seventy years previously in 1784. In 1859, Matsudaira Katsunari, the 13th daimyō, was ordered by the shogunate to construct coastal artillery batteries at Kanagawa in Musashi Province in response to the Perry Expedition. During the Bakumatsu period, the domain was strongly pro-shogunate, and was in the vanguard of the 1864 First Chōshū expedition. During that battle, Matsuyama troops looted and massacred the inhabitants of Suō-Ōshima island, which set the seeds for a strong enmity between Chōshū Domain and Matsuyama. The 14th daimyō, Matsudaira Sadaaki was appointed rōjū in 1867. During the Boshin War, he guarded the Umeda area of Osaka, but on hearing that Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu had abandoned his forces during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, returned to Matsuyama. The domain surrendered to the imperial side under the conditions that it pay a 150,000 ryō fine to the Imperial Court and that Matsudaira Sadaaki resign and be placed under house arrest through the intercession of Tosa Domain, who was wary of Chōshū's increasing influence and belligerence. Afterwards, the Meiji government ordered Sadaaki to change his family name from 'Matsudaira' to 'Hisamatsu.' In 1871, the domain became "Matsuyama Prefecture" due to the abolition of the han system. Later, it was incorporated into Ehime Prefecture via "Sekitetsu Prefecture".[1]

In 1887, the family was granted the title of count (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage system. The clan's Takayashiki residence in Edo was the location where Horibe Yasubei and 11 other of the Forty-seven rōnin of the Ako incident committed seppuku in 1703. After the Meiji restoration, the estate was sold to Matsukata Masayoshi and subsequently became the site of the Italian embassy in Tokyo.

As with most domains in the han system, Matsuyama Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned kokudaka, based on periodic cadastral surveys and projected agricultural yields.[5][6]

# Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka
Katō clan, 1600-1627 (Tozama)
1 Katō Yoshiaki (加藤嘉明) 1600–1627 Sama-no-suke (左馬助); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下) 200,000 koku
Gamō clan, 1614-1634 (Tozama)
1 Gamō Tadatomo (蒲生忠知) 1627–1634 Nakatsukasa-no-taifu (中務大輔); Jijū (侍従) Senior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (正四位下) 240,000 koku
Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan, 1635-1871 (Shinpan)
1 Matsudaira Sadayuki (松平定行) 1635–1658 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
2 Matsudaira Tadanori (松平定頼) 1658–1662 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
3 Matsudaira Sadanaga (松平定長) 1662–1674 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
4 Matsudaira Sadanao (松平定直) 1674–1720 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
5 Matsudaira Sadahide (松平定英) 1720–1733 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
6 Matsudaira Sadataka (松平定喬) 1733–1763 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
7 Matsudaira Sadakatsu (松平定功) 1763–1765 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従五位下) 150,000 koku
8 Matsudaira Sadakiyo (松平定静) 1765–1777 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
9 Matsudaira Sadakuni (松平定国) 1777–1804 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従), Sankon'e-no-shosho (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
10 Matsudaira Sadanori (松平定則) 1804–1809 -none- -none - 150,000 koku
11 Matsudaira Sadamichi (松平定通) 1809–1835 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
12 Matsudaira Katsuyoshi (松平勝善) 1835–1856 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従), Sankon'e-no-shosho (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
13 Matsudaira Katsushige (松平勝成) 1856–1867 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従), Sankon'e-no-shosho (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
14 Matsudaira Sadaaki (松平定昭) 1867–1868 Iyo-no-kami (伊予守); Jijū (侍従), Sankon'e-no-shosho (左近衛権少将) Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 従四位下) 150,000 koku
13 Hisamatsu Katsushige (久松勝成) 1868–1871 Oki-no-kami (隠岐守); Jijū (侍従), Sankon'e-no-shosho (左近衛権少将) Senior 4th Rank, Lower Grade ( 正四位) 150,000 koku
14 Hisamatsu Sadaaki (久松定昭) 1871–1871 -none- Senior 5th Rank ( 従五位) 150,000 koku

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