was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Hitachi Province (modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Fuchū Jin'ya in what is now the city of Ishioka, Ibaraki. It was also known as or
History The domain was created in 1602, when Rokugō Masanori, the head of the Rokugō clan, a prominent family of Dewa Province, was awarded a 10,000 koku holding in Hitachi-Fuchū for serviced rendered to Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara. The clan was transferred to Honjō Domain in Dewa in 1623. The domain then passed into the hands of the Minagawa clan until 1645, when that clan was reduced to hatamoto status for lack of a direct heir.
In 1700, the domain was revived for the 5th son of Tokugawa Yorifusa of Mito Domain, who assumed the Matsudaira surname. The Matsudaira continued to rule the domain until the Meiji restoration. The domain was renamed Ishioka-han in 1869. It was abolished in the Haihan Chiken order of 1871.
The domain had a population of 16,913 people in 2774 households, of who, 901 were classed as samurai in 198 household and 182 were classed as ashigaru in 109 households per a census in 1869.Edo daimyo.net
Holdings at the end of the Edo period As with most domains in the han system, Hitachi-Fuchū 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.
Hitachi Province 3 villages in Ibaraki District 9 villages in Namegata District 6 villages in Niihari District
List of daimyō #Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Rokugō clan (tozama) 1602–162311602–1623 Hyōgō-gashira (兵庫頭) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 koku Minagawa clan (fudai) 1623–164511623–1625Yamashiro-no-kami (山城守) Lower 4th (従四位下) 10,000 koku21625–1645Yamashiro-no-kami (山城守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 10,000 ->15,000 ->18,000 koku31645–1645-none- -none- 18,000 kokutenryō 1645–1700 Matsudaira clan (Shinpan) 1700–187111700–1705Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku21705–1707Noto-no-kami (能登守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku31707–1733Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku41733–1735 Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku51735–1742Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku61742–1784Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku71784–1795 Ukon-daibu (右京大夫) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku81795–1833Harima-no-kami (播磨守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku91833–1868 Ukon-daibu (右京大夫) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku101868–1871 Harima-no-kami (播磨守) Lower 4th (従四位下) 20,000 koku
References
External links Hitachi-Fuchu on "Edo 300 HTML"
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