During the more than 260 years of rule of the Edo shogunate (1603-1867), there were about 500 large and small domains in Japan before and after, and on average, there were about 270 domains in each era, so there was the name of "Edo Shogunate Three Hundred Domains", and today we will introduce the Iyo Matsuyama Domain.
Shikoku domains
The Iyo Matsuyama domain was a clan located in the Shikoku region during the Edo period, and the lords of the domain were the Kato clan, the Kabu clan, the Kabu clan, and the Kumatsu Matsuhei clan. Its territory is centered on the Iyo Kunate Onsen County (Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture), including Kume County, Noma County, Iyo County, and the domain hall is located in Matsuyama Castle, hence the name.
Matsuyama Castle
Mr. Kato Family
In 1600, Kato Yoshiaki, one of the seven guns of Mt. Kanatake, was sealed from 100,000 stones in Iyo to 200,000 stones in the Iyo Half Kingdom due to the merits of the Battle of Sekigahara, thus establishing the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Construction began in 1602, and in 1603 Matsuyama Castle was completed, and Kato Yoshiaki officially moved into the castle.
Seven guns
Yoshiaki Kato
In 1627, the 600,000-stone Aizu Domain lord Pusei Tadago (1602 – February 19, 1627) died young and childless, and the Aizu Domain was changed without heirs, and Kato Yoshiaki was transferred from 200,000 stones by Iyo Matsuyama to Mutsu Kokusaizu 420,000 stones. As compensation for the Kabushi clan, Kabuto's younger brother Kabu Tadatoshi was enfeoffed with 40,000 stones from Izumigami to 240,000 stones on Mount Iyo matsuyama.
Gamo Clan
To explain here, the shogunate could have confiscated the territory of the Kabuo clan directly after the death of Kabu Tadago, but because of the fact that Kabu Tadashi and Kabuo Tadatoshi's mother, Zhenji (1580 -1617.9.27, married to Kabu Hideyuki and Asano Nagasho, who had Pusei Tadashi, Kasei Tadōchi, and Asano Mitsuyoshi) were the daughters of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Kabusei clan was given some compensation and transferred Kabutoshi to the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. After becoming the lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain, Kabu Tadatoshi began the construction of the domain, building many temples in the domain and expanding matsuyama Castle.
Tadashi's grandfather, the Pusei clan
In 1630, a confrontation between Kabuto and his retainers caused a commotion that lasted three years before it was finally resolved under the coordination of the shogunate.
Tadachi Gamo
In 1634, Kabu Tadatoshi died suddenly at the age of 31 at the age of 31 at the domain residence in Kyoto, and since Kabu Tadaochi, like his brother Kabu Tadami, had no sons, the Kabu clan clan declared that they were extinct and were again rehabilitated, and the Iyo Matsuyama domain was abolished and the domain was returned to the shogunate.
Hisamatsu family
In 1635, in order to better contain and monitor the daimyōs of the Western Kingdom, the shogunate transferred the 110,000-stone Lord Matsuhira Ofa clan of Ise Kuni to the 150,000-stone Iyo Matsuyama Domain, and the Iyo Matsuyama Domain was revived.
Matsudaira is victorious
It is described here that Matsudaira's father, Matsudaira Toshikatsu (1560 – May 1, 1624), was the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu's biological mother, Kinnobu Inō-in (1528–1603), and her second husband, Hisamatsu Toshikatsu (1526 – April 21, 1587), who was the half-brother of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was privileged by Tokugawa Ieyasu to use Matsudaira's surname and the Matsudaira clan's sunflower pattern, so he was called the Matsudaira (Kumatsu) clan. Of course, Tokugawa Ieyasu's other two half-brothers, Matsudaira Yasunmoto and Matsudaira Yasutoshi, received the same treatment, and in order to be able to distinguish between them, in order to be able to distinguish between these three families, the Dingsheng clan is generally referred to as the "Dingsheng clan Kumatsu Matsudaira clan".
Yu Dazhifang
Tokugawa Ieyasu
In 1637, the Shogunate's Catholic policy triggered the Shimabara Rebellion, as the pro-domain daimyō Matsudaira Noboru sent his vassals to join the shogunate army of Itakura Shigemasa, but this military operation ended in the defeat of the shogunate army, the commander Itakura Shigemasa was also killed, and the vassals of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain also suffered many casualties, and then the shogunate sent the old Matsudaira Nobuyuki to suppress the rebellion again, and Matsudaira Dingxing also sent his retainers to participate in the war again, which can be said to have made a contribution to the pacification of the Shimabara Rebellion.
Mr. Matsudaira Aoi
In 1639, Matsudaira remodeled Matsuyama Castle and converted the original 5-story castle tower into a 3-story castle tower.
Keeper
In 1644, Matsudaira was appointed as a Nagasaki explorer to assist the shogunate in implementing the policy of locking the country, and made a great contribution to the completion of the lock country.
In 1651, the three-generation shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu died, and Matsudaira Becameomō became one of many auxiliary ministers, along with Masayuki Hoko, Matsudaira Raishige, and Iei Naosumi, who assisted the young shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.
In 1658, Matsudaira Tsuneyuki went into seclusion, and the position of governor was succeeded by his eldest son, Matsudaira Rai, who was the second generation of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain.
In 1662, Matsudaira Washira fell from his horse and was seriously injured, and because Matsudaira Teimori, the eldest son of Matsudaira, was ill and weak, the position of governor was inherited by his second son, Matsudaira Tsuneyoshi, who was the third lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. After succeeding him, Heonaga focused on the development of people's livelihood, opened a fish market near Mitsuhama to facilitate people's aquatic trade, and rebuilt shrines such as Yutsugu Shrine (now Isorpo Shrine) and Misuma Shrine (now AzumaMi Shrine), which had been almost abandoned before, for the people to worship and pray, but it was also during Seicho's tenure that the originally rich financial situation of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain began to deteriorate due to many natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
In 1674, Matsudaira died of a sudden illness at the age of 35, childless, and was succeeded by his adopted son Matsudaira Nobunaga, the fourth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Matsudaira Tsuneshina was the eldest son of Matsudaira Tsuneyoshi, the second-generation lord of the Imabari Domain, who was also from the "Tsunekatsu Clan Ofatsu Matsudaira Clan".
Matsudaira timing
In 1687, Matsudaira moved the clan hall from Ninomaru in Matsuyama Castle to Sannomaru, and made the original Ninomaru a hermitage.
Matsudaira Tadanao
In 1720, Matsudaira died at the age of 61, and was succeeded by his third son, Matsudaira Tsunehito, who was the fifth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. At the same time, according to Dingzhi's last words, the newly opened 10,000-stone Nitta in Kuwamura And Echi County was divided into his fourth son Matsudaira Dingzhang, and thus established the branch of matsuyama Nitta Domain, because it was Nitta that the height of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain was not reduced.
In 1732, dingying was greatly affected by the Great Famine, which caused more than 3,500 people to starve to death due to famine, and because there was not a single clan member among the more than 3,500 dead, Dingying was punished by the shogunate for not caring for the people.
In 1733, Matsudaira died at the age of 38. The position of governor was inherited by his eldest son Matsudaira Tsuneijo, who was the sixth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain.
In 1763, Matsudaira Died at the age of 48, childless, and was succeeded by his brother Matsudaira Tseikō as the seventh lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Matsudaira Dinggong was originally adopted by the old Okuhira Sadakoku and named Okuhira Sadagi, but in 1741, the people of 26 villages in Iyo Matsuyama Domain fled to the territory of Osu Domain in order to reduce the burden of the annual tribute, and the then ruling Okuhira Sadakoku was punished and exiled to Nimei Island, and Okuhira Sadagi also returned to his home from the Okuhira family and changed his name to Matsudaira Dinggong, which was later known as the "Matsuyama Riot".
Matsudaira Dinggong was frail and sick since childhood, reigned for only 2 years and died of illness in 1765, at the age of 33, childless, the position of governor was inherited by Matsudaira Dingjing (the eldest son of Matsudaira Dingzhang), the lord of the Matsuyama Nitta Domain, and was the eighth generation lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain, and as Matsudaira Dingjing inherited the honjo domain, the Matsuyama Nitta Domain was also abolished because it had no heirs, and the domain was taken over to the shogunate.
In 1779, Matsudaira Died at the age of 51, childless, and the position of governor was inherited by his adopted son Matsudaira Dingguo, the ninth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain, Matsudaira Dingguo was the sixth son of Tokugawa (Yasuda) Munetake, the first lord of the Yasuda Tokugawa clan, and the grandson of the eighth-generation shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, who was known as "General Mi".
Matsudaira Sadakuni
Map of the relationship between the nine generations of lords Matsuira
In 1784, matsuyama Castle's castle tower burned down due to lightning.
In 1804, Matsudaira Died, and the position of governor was succeeded by his second son, Matsudaira Tsuneori, who was the tenth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. After his succession, in order to facilitate water transportation within the domain, work began to build a new port near Matsumaehama in Iyo-gun.
Matsudaira Rules
In 1805, in order to strengthen the education of the clan and cultivate a good learning atmosphere, under the instructions of the rules, the clan school Kotokukan was opened in Yokocho, Nibancho, Matsuyama Castle, and Sugiyama Kumadai was hired as a teacher.
In 1809, Matsudaira Died at the age of 20, childless, and was succeeded by his brother Matsudaira Tsunaderu (the fifth son of Matsudaira Nobunaga), the eleventh lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Narita died before he was paid, but his younger brother Dingtong inherited his legacy well, and after succeeding to his post, he opened a new clan school in the mansion of Edo, and at the same time, in order to meet the teaching tension caused by the increase in students, the original clan school Kotokukan was relocated to the vicinity of the east gate of Matsuyama Castle and renamed it Shuraikan. In 1814, in order to further expand education and rectify the discipline of the atmosphere, Dingtong further expanded the Xiulai Hall and renamed it mingjiaoguan again.
Matsudaira Sadatsu
Financially, in order to revitalize the finances of the domain, Dingtong led by example, strictly practiced frugality, and implemented the policy of breeding and developing various industries in the domain, which made the financial situation of the Matsuyama Domain one of the more vibrant, and during his tenure it was called the "Shosu-in Era" by later generations, and Matsudaira Dingtong himself was also known as the lord of the Matsuyama Domain.
The teenage feudal lord, Matsudaira Sadaaki, the 11th feudal lord Matsudaira Sadatsu
Unfortunately, Matsudaira Dingtong did not live long, and died in 1835 at the age of 32, and with the death of Dingtong, the ZTE of The Matsuyama Domain also came to an end.
After Dingtong's death without children, the position of governor was inherited by his adopted son Matsudaira Katsuyoshi, the twelfth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain, and Matsudaira Katsuyoshi was the eleventh son of Shimazu Kishin, the lord of the Satsuma Domain. After succeeding to the throne, Katsuyoshi gradually abandoned the policy of frugality, and in 1854 he spent a lot of money to repair the castle tower of Matsuyama Castle, making the financial situation within the domain even more difficult.
Shimazu Kishin
Matsudaira Katsuyoshi
Diagram of the relationship between matsudaira Katsuyoshi, the 12th generation lord of the domain
In 1856, Matsudaira Katsuyoshi died at the age of 40, childless, and was succeeded by his adopted son Matsudaira Katsunari, the thirteenth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. At the time of Katsunagi's succession, three years had passed since the arrival of the Black Ship, and it had entered the chaotic world at the end of the shogunate, and the choshu domain and other foreign daimyo had set off a frenzy of falling curtains, and as a pro-domain daimyo, Iyo Matsuyama domain had joined the shogunate side, participated in the Choshu Expedition as the vanguard of the shogunate, and had twice fought against the Choshu domain. In the first Choshu conquest in 1864, Iyo Matsuyama Domain took the lead in sending troops to Choshu as a pioneer, and eventually Choshu Domain was forced to surrender due to the strong military strength of the shogunate, and the first Choshu Conquest ended in the victory of the shogunate side; and in the second Choshu Conquest in 1866, it was not as smooth as before, because the shogunate did not do a good job of pre-war coordination preparations, resulting in the other clans after the Iyo Matsuyama Domain sent troops, and finally the Iyo Matsuyama Domain was defeated on Oshima. The two Choshu conquests, especially the second, not only accelerated the decline of the shogunate, but also caused a huge economic burden on the Iyo Matsuyama Domain, which continued to deteriorate the financial situation within the domain.
Matsudaira Katsunari
Thirteenth generation lord Matsudaira Katsusei relationship diagram
In 1867, Matsudaira Katsunari lived in seclusion and was childless, and was succeeded by his adopted son Matsudaira Tsuneiaki, the fourteenth lord of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain. Matsudaira was the fifth son of Takato Fujido, lord of the Ise Kunitsu Domain. In the same year as Matsudaira Tsuneaki, the newly succeeded shogun Tokugawa Keiki was selected as the shogun's 22-year-old senior, making Matsudaira Tsuneaki the youngest shogun in more than 260 years, but Matsudaira Tsuneaki took office for just over a month before he resigned from his position with Daimyo.
Sadaaki Matsudaira
In 1868, the Battle of Toba Fushimi broke out, and the Iyo Matsuyama Domain joined the shogunate army, but with the defeat of the shogunate army, Matsudaira Wasaki was listed as an enemy and stripped of his official position, and was also punished with caution and seclusion, and because it was his adoptive father Matsudaira Katsunari who once again served as the lord of the domain, Matsudaira Katsunari became the thirteenth and fifteenth generation lords of the Iyo Matsuyama Domain.
In the same year, according to the official announcement of the Taizheng official, the Matsudaira (Kumatsu) clan reverted to the original Kumatsu clan.
In 1871, matsuyama prefecture was abolished and became Matsuyama Prefecture, and at the same time, Matsudaira Katsunari once again ceded the position of governor to Matsudaira Tseiaki, but at this time he could no longer be called the lord of the domain, and soon Matsuyama Prefecture was reorganized into Ishitetsu Prefecture and incorporated into Ehime Prefecture the following year.
In 1872, Matsudaira died at the age of 28, and was succeeded by his adopted son, Hisamatsu Tsuneaki. Kumatsu Tsurugi is from the branch family banner, and is the third son of Kimoto Matsudaira Katsushi (the fourth son of Matsudaira Tseishi matsudaira)
Sadaaki Hisamatsu
Finally, as an aside, after the Meiji Restoration, the Iyo Matsuyama clan also produced three celebrities, Masaoka Ziji (1867-1902), Akiyama Yoshiko (1859-1930.11.4) and Akiyama Masayuki (1868-1918). Masaoka Zishu was the son of Masaoka Tokiyoshi, a member of the Matsuyama Domain, known for haiku and short songs, while Akiyama Yoshiko and Akiyama Makoto were the sons of Akiyama Hisayoshi, a junior clan member with only 10 stones, the former with the rank of army general, who defeated the world's strongest Cossack cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, and the latter was ranked as vice admiral, and in the Russo-Japanese War, as a staff officer of the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy, he formulated a battle plan against the Russian Baltic Fleet and laid the foundation for the victory of the Japanese Naval Battle. If you want to know about these three people, you can go to the big river drama "Sakaue No Cloud".
Sakaue No Cloud
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(1) Mr. Kato (1600-1608)
200,000 stones
The lord of the city
420,000 koku of the Aizu domain
(2) Mr. Gamo (1627-1634)
240,000 stones
No heirs to change
(3) Mr. Matsudaira (Hisamatsu) (1635-1871)
150,000 stones
Kin-daimyō,御家門