was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Shimōsa Province (the northern portion of Chiba Prefecture and southern portion of Ibaraki Prefecture in modern-day, Japan). It was centered on Sekiyado Castle in what is now the city of Noda, Chiba.
Prime Minister Baron Suzuki Kantarō was born as the son of a samurai of Sekiyado Domain.
History Sekiyado is located at the confluence of the Tone River and the Edo River, and was thus a strategic location controlling river traffic in the northern Kantō region, as well as the northeastern approaches to Edo. Following the Battle of Odawara in 1590, the Kantō region by was assigned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who appointed his half-brother Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) Yasumoto as daimyō of the newly formed Sekiyado Domain, with revenues of 20,000 koku. His revenues were increased to 40,000 koku in 1591. The domain passed from Matsudaira control to various other clans over its history: however, as an indication of the importance the Tokugawa shogunate placed on Sekiyado, of the 22 daimyōs who ruled the domain, 22 held the post of Rōjū and three held the post of Kyoto Shoshidai.
From 1669 (with an interruption from 1683 to 1705), the domain remained in the hands of the Kuze clan. Kuze Hirochika played an important role in the Bakumatsu period. As Rōjū, he opposed the Ansei Purge conducted by Ii Naosuke. He was a key supporter of the Kōbu gattai policy of supporting the Shogunate through marriage ties to the Imperial family, and one of the prime signatories to treaties ending Japan’s national isolation policy.
During the Boshin War, the domain officially remained a supporter of the shogunate, and contributed many samurai to the Shōgitai; however, many of its younger retainers supported the Sonnō jōi movement and defected to the Satchō Alliance. After the Battle of Ueno, the final daimyō of Sekiyado, Kuze Hironari, submitted to the new Meiji government. He was appointed domain governor under the new administration, until the abolition of the han system in July 1871 and subsequently became a viscount under the kazoku peerage. The former Sekiyado Domain was absorbed into the new Chiba Prefecture.
Holdings at the end of the Edo period As with most domains in the han system, Sekiyado 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 48 villages in Sashima District 22 villages in Katsushika District 48 villages in Soma District Mutsu Province (Iwashiro Province) 6 villages in Shinobu District Hitachi Province 14 villages in Shida District 2 villages in Tsukuba District Shimotsuke Province 19 villages in Tsuga District 7 villages in Kawachi District Izumi Province 9 villages in Izumi District
List of daimyōs #Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Matsudaira clan (Hisamatsu) (fudai) 1590–161611590–1603Inaba-no-kami (因幡守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 22,700 koku21603–1616Kai-no-kami (甲斐守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 22,700 koku Nomi-Matsudaira clan (fudai) 1617–161911617–1619 Osumi-no-kami (大隈守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 26,000 koku Ogasawara clan (fudai) 1619–164011619–1640Saemon-no-suke (左衛門佐) Lower 4th (従四位下) 22,700 koku21640–1640Tosa-no-kami (土佐守) Lower 5th (従五四位下) 22,700 koku Hōjō clan (tozama) 1640–164411640–1644 Dewa-no-kami (出羽守) Lower 4th Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku Makino clan (fudai) 1644–165611644–1647 Hizen-no-kami (豊前守) Lower 4th Lower 4th (従四位下) 17,000 koku21647–1656Sado-no-kami (佐渡守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 17,000→27,000 koku Itakura clan (fudai) 1656–166911656–1656 Suo-no-kami (周防守); Jiju (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下) 50,000 koku21656–1661Awa-no-kami (阿波守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 50,000→45,000 koku31661–1669 Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jiju (侍従)Lower 4th (従四位下)- Kuze clan (fudai) 1669–168311669–1679 Yamato-no-kami (大和守); JIju (侍従) Lower 4th (侍従) 50,000 koku21679–1683 Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (侍従) 50,000 koku Makino clan (fudai) 1683–170511683–1695 Bizen-no-kami (備後守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (侍従) 53,000→73,000 koku21695–1705Bizen-no-kami (備後守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (侍従) 73,000 koku Kuze clan (fudai) 1705–187111705–1720Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 50,000 koku21720–1748Sanuki-no-kami (讃岐守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 50,000→60,000 koku31748–1785Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 60,000→58,000 koku4 1785–1817Yamato-no-kami (大和守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 58,000→68,000 koku51817–1830Nagato-no-kami (長門守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 68,000 koku61830–1862Yamato-no-kami (大和守); Jiju (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 68,000 koku71862–1868Oki-no-kami (隠岐守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 68,000→48,000 koku81868–1871 x Lower 5th (従五位下) 48,000 koku
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