The Okazaki Domain encompassed the Mikawa Province, which is situated in what is now the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture. The administrative center of the domain was established within the walls of the historic Okazaki Castle. Due to its associations with Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was born in Okazaki Castle, the domain had a prestige greater than in its nominal valuation based on rice tax revenues.
History Matsudaira Kiyoyasu took control of the area around Okazaki in 1524 and built Okazaki Castle, where his grandson Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in 1542. After a defeat by the Imagawa clan in 1549, Ieyasu was taken hostage to Sunpu, but reclaimed Okazaki after the Battle of Okehazama in 1560. Oda Nobunaga's execution of Matsudaira Nobuyasu in 1579 led to the Honda clan taking over Okazaki Castle, with Tanaka Yoshimasa enhancing its defenses. The Tokugawa shogunate established Okazaki Domain, with the Honda clan, Mizuno clan and Matsudaira clan, clans governing the castle until the Meiji Restoration. In 1869, Honda Tadanao surrendered Okazaki Domain to the Meiji government, leading to its incorporation into Nukata Prefecture and later Aichi Prefecture in 1872.
List of daimyō #Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Honda clan (Fudai daimyo) 1601–16451Honda Yasushige (本多康)1601 – 1611 Bungo-no-kami (豊後守)Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku2Honda Yasunori (本多康紀)1611 – 1623 Bungo-no-kami (豊後守)Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku3Honda Tadatoshi (本多忠利)1623 – 1645 Ise-no-kami (伊勢守)Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 —-> 56,500 koku4Honda Toshinaga (本多利長)1645 Echizen-no-kami (越前守) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 56,500 -> 50,000 koku Mizuno clan (fudai) 1645–17621Mizuno Tadayoshi (水野忠善)1645 - 1676 Daikenmotsu (大監物) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku2Mizuno Tadaharu (水野忠春)1676 – 1692 Emon-no-suke (右衛門佐) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku3Mizuno Tadamitsu (水野忠盈)1692 – 1699 Buzen-no-kami (豊前守)Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku4Mizuno Tadayuki (水野忠之)1699 – 1730 Izumi-no-kami (和泉守), Jiju (侍従) Junior 4th Rank Lower Grade (従四位下)50,000 -–> 60,000 koku5Mizuno Tadateru (水野忠輝)1730 – 1737 Daikenmotsu (大監物) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku6Mizuno Tadatoki (水野忠辰)1737 – 1752 Daikenmotsu (大監物) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku7Mizuno Tadato (水野忠任)1752 – 1762 Izumi-no-kami (和泉守) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下)50,000 koku Matsudaira (Matsui) clan (fudai) |1762–17691Matsudaira Yasutomi (松平(松井)康福)1762 – 1769Suo-no-kami (周防守), Jiju (侍従)Junior 4th Rank Lower Grade (従四位下)50,400 koku Honda clan (fudai) 1769–18711Honda Tadatoshi (本多忠粛)1769 – 1777 Nakatsukasa-taifu (中務大輔) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku2Honda Tasatsune (本多忠典)1777 – 1790 Nakatsukasa-taifu (中務大輔) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade(従五位下) 50,000 koku3Honda Tadaaki (本多忠顕)1790 – 1821 Nakatsukasa-taifu (中務大輔)Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku4 Honda Tadataka (本多忠考)1821 – 1835 Nakatsukasa-taifu (中務大輔) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku5Honda Tadamoto (本多忠民)1835 – 1869 Mino-no-kami (美濃守), Jiju (侍従) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku6Honda Tadanao (本多忠直)1869 – 1871 Nakatsukasa-taifu (中務大輔) Junior 5th Rank Lower Grade (従五位下) 50,000 koku
References
External links Okazaki on "Edo 300 HTML"