Mineyama Domain (Echigo)

Mineyama Domain (Japanese: 三根山藩) was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It was located in Echigo Province, in the Hokuriku region of Honshū. The domain was centered at Mineyama, located in modern-day Mineoka in Niigata Prefecture.[1]

三根山藩
under Tokugawa shogunate
1634–1871
CapitalMineyama Jinya
Area
 • Coordinates37°45′28″N 138°50′38″E / 37.75778°N 138.84389°E / 37.75778; 138.84389
 • TypeDaimyō
Historical eraEdo period
• Established
1634
• Disestablished
1871
Today part ofNiigata Prefecture

History

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The domain was created in 1634 (Kan'ei 11) when the lord of Nagaoka Domain Makino Tadanari (Japanese: 牧野忠成) distributed 6,000 koku of territory around Mineyama to his fourth son Makino Sadanari (Japanese: 牧野定成).[2] As the new domain had less than 10,000 koku, Sadanari was designated as a hatamoto samurai instead of a daimyo.[3]

In 1863 (Bunkyū 2), the Tokugawa shogunate formally recognized Mineyama as a feudal domain with 11,000 koku.[4] Unlike many other feudal subjects, the lord Makino Tadayasu (Japanese: 牧野忠泰) was exempted from the requirement of spending time in the capital Edo as dictated by the Sankin-kōtai policy. The administrative center of the domain was located at Mineyama Jinya.[1]

During the Boshin War, Mineyama Domain, along with the other domains under the Makino clan, initially joined the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. It submitted to the new Meiji government in August 1868 (Keiō 4), and subsequently sent troops to aid the latter's conquest of Shōnai Domain.[5] In 1870 (Meiji 3), the name of the domain was changed to Mineoka (Japanese: 嶺岡) to avoid being confused with the Mineyama Domain in Tango Province.[6] In the following year, the domain was abolished and became a part of Niigata Prefecture.[7]

Bakumatsu period holdings

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

Echigo Province

  • Kambara District - 43 villages[8]

List of daimyō

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# Name Tenure kokudaka
  Makino clan (Hatamoto) 1634–1863[9]
1 Makino Sadanari (牧野定成) 1634–1658 6,000 koku
2 Makino Tadakiyo (牧野忠清) 1658–1682 6,000 koku
3 Makino Tadataka (牧野忠貴) 1682–1706 6,000 koku
4 Makino Tadatsura (牧野忠列) 1706–1746 6,000 koku
5 Makino Tadatomo (牧野忠知) 1746–1785 6,000 koku
6 Makino Tadayoshi (牧野忠義) 6,000 koku
7 Makino Tadahira (牧野忠救) 6,000 koku
8 Makino Tadamori (牧野忠衛) 6,000 koku
9 Makino Tadanao (牧野忠直) 6,000 koku
10 Makino Tadaoki (牧野忠興) 6,000 koku
11 Makino Tadayasu (牧野忠泰) 6,000 koku
  Makino clan (Fudai) 1863–1871
1 Makino Tadayasu (牧野忠泰) 11,000 koku
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 藩史総覽 [General history of the domains] (in Japanese). Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha. 1977. p. 159.
  2. ^ 史料館 (1998). 史料館所蔵史料目錄 [Catalog of historical materials collected by the historical materials museum] (in Japanese). p. 5.
  3. ^ Yamamoto, Akira (20 January 2011). 決定版知れば知るほど面白い! 江戸三百藩 [Definitive Edition The more you know, the more interesting it is! Edo 300 Domains] (in Japanese). Seitosha. p. 114. ISBN 978-4-7916-1820-0.
  4. ^ "町の風土詩" [Town poetry] (PDF). Maki Town Info (in Japanese). 937: 5. 10 April 2005.
  5. ^ Murakami, Sunao (1986). 日本史資料総覧 [Japanese historical materials overview] (in Japanese). Tokyo Shoseki. p. 239. ISBN 978-4-487-73171-8.
  6. ^ 全国版幕末維新人物事典 [National version of the Edo period and new era encyclopedia] (in Japanese). Gakken Publishing. 2010. p. 155. ISBN 978-4-05-404463-0.
  7. ^ 新潟の米百年史 [Niigata’s 100-year history of rice] (in Japanese). Niigata Prefecture Department of Agriculture. 1974. p. 497.
  8. ^ 角川日本地名大辞典: 新澙県 [Kadokawa Dictionary of Japanese Place Names: Niigata Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. 1978. p. 230.
  9. ^ "牧野氏(三根山藩)" [Makino clan (Mineyama domain)]. Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2024.