was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kōzuke Province (modern-day Gunma Prefecture), Japan. It was centered on Isesaki jin'ya in what is now part of the city of Isesaki, Gunma. Isesaki was ruled through most of its history by a junior branch of the Sakai clan.
History Isesaki Domain was originally created in 1601 for Inagaki Nagashige, a hatamoto formerly in the service of the Imagawa clan who had transferred his allegiance to Tokugawa Ieyasu. After Tokugawa Ieyasu took control over the Kantō region in 1590, he assigned estates with revenues of 3000 koku to Inagaki Nagashige in Kōzuke Province, and entrusted him with the defense of Ogo Castle. He was awarded additional estates in 1601, following Ieyasu’s defeat at the hands of Uesugi Kagekatsu at Aizu, which elevated him to the rank of daimyō. His son was transferred in 1616, and Isesaki was thereafter ruled by three junior branches of the Sakai clan until the end of the Edo period.
During the Bakumatsu period, forces of Iseskai Domain played a role in the suppression of the Tengutō Rebellion; however the next-to-last daimyo, Sakai Tadatsuyo was quick to join the imperial side in the Boshin War. After the end of the conflict, with the abolition of the han system in July 1871, Isesaki Domain became "Isesaki Prefecture", which later became part of Gunma Prefecture.
The domain had a population of 1964 samurai in 520 households per a census in 1763.Edo daimyo.net
Holdings at the end of the Edo period Unlike most domains in the han system, which 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. Isesaki was a relatively compact territory.
Kōzuke Province 18 villages in Sai District 30 villages in Nawa District
List of daimyōs #Name Tenure Courtesy title Court Rank kokudaka Inagaki clan (fudai) 1601–161611601–1612 -none- -unknown- 10,000 koku21612–1616 Settsu-no-kami (摂津守) Lower 5th (従五 位下) 10,000 koku Sakai clan (fudai) 1600–161611616–1617Uta-no-kami (雅楽頭); Jijū (侍従) Lower 4th (従四位下) 52,000 koku Sakai clan (fudai) 1636–166211636–1662 Hyūga-no-kami(日向守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 22,500 koku Sakai clan (fudai) 1617–187111617–1619Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku21745–1749 Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku31749–1781 Suruga-no-kami (駿河守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku41781–1800 Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku51800–1825 Shinano-no-kami (信濃守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku61800–1839 Iga-no-kami (伊賀守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku71839–1840 Shima-no-kami (志摩守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku81840–1846 Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku91847–1860 Shimotsuke-no-kami (下野守) Lower 5th (従五位下) 20,000 koku
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External links Isesaki on "Edo 300 HTML"