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{{Short description|Administrative division in western Japan during the Edo period (1617–1871)}}
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[[File:Itakura Katukiyo.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Itakura Katsukiyo]]
{{nihongo|'''Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain'''|備中松山藩| Bitchū-Matsuyama-han}} was a [[Han (Japan)|feudal domain]] under the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] of [[Edo period]] Japan, in what is now western [[Okayama Prefecture]]. It controlled most of central [[Bitchū Province]] and was centered around [[Bitchū Matsuyama Castle]]. It was ruled in its latter history by a branch of the [[Itakura clan]]. Following the [[Meiji restoration]], it was briefly renamed {{nihongo|'''Takahashi Domain'''|高梁藩| Takahashi-han}}. It was dissolved in the [[abolition of the han system]] in 1871 and is now part of Okayama Prefecture.<ref name="Nakayama">{{cite book |last1=Nakayama |first1=Yoshiaki |title=江戸三百藩大全 全藩藩主変遷表付 |date=2015 |publisher=Kosaido Publishing |isbn=978-4331802946}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref><ref name="Nigi">{{cite book |last1=Nigi |first1=Kenichi |title=藩と城下町の事典―国別 |date=2004 |publisher=Tokyodo Printing |isbn=978-4490106510}}</ref><ref name="Papinot">{{cite book |last=Papinot |first=E |year=1910 |title=Historical and Geographic Dictionary of Japan |publisher=Tuttle (reprint) 1972}}</ref>
== History ==
After the 1600 [[Battle of Sekigahara]], the area of central Bitchū Province was retained as ''[[tenryō]]'' territory, administed by the Kobori clan Although Kobori Masatsugu and his son [[Kobori Enshū|Kobori Masakazu]] had a nominal ''[[kokudaka]]'' of 14,460 ''[[koku]]'',  their official portion was that of ''[[daikan]],'' or magistrate, rather than ''[[daimyō]]''. Kobori Masakazu is better known as the famed [[Japanese garden]] designer, Kobori Enshū.
In 1617, [[Ikeda Nagayuki]] was transferred from [[Tottori Domain]] and assigned 60,000 ''koku''; however, his son Nagatsune died without heir in 1641. The domain was then assigned to Mizunoya Katsutaka of Nariwa Domain, who completed the construction of Matsuyama Castle and its surrounding [[jōkamachi|castle town]]. Nariwa Domain was a 50,000 ''koku'' holding also in what is now Takahashi that was reduced to a ''[[hatamoto]]'' holding by this move, but was later briefly restored as a domain by the fledgling [[Meiji government]]. Mizunoya Katsukata's grandson, Katsuyoshi died before an heir could be appointed, and the shogunate used this as an excuse to reduce the clan to ''hatamoto'' status and the domain fell  to [[attainder]]. [[Asano Naganori]] of [[Akō Domain]] (later to become famous for the [[Forty-seven rōnin]] incident was appointed to oversee the seizure of the domain, and he appointed his chief retainer [[Ōishi Yoshio|Ōishi Kuranosuke]] as castellan of Matsuyama for the 18 month period until a new ''daimyō'' was appointed. Ōishi Kuranosuke had a bad reputation in Matsuyama for his arrogance and inflexible attitude, and under his control a comprehensive survey was conducted by the shogunate.
In 1695, the domain was reassessed at 65,000 ''koku'', and assigned to Andō Shigehiro from [[Takasaki Domain]]. The Andō clan was transferred to [[Kano Domain]] in [[Mino Province]] in 1711, and the domain assigned to Ishikawa Fusayoshi from [[Yodo Domain]]. He traded places with Itakura Katsuzumi of [[Ise-Kameyama Domain]] in [[Ise Province]] in 1744. The [[Itakura clan]] would rule Bitchū-Matsuyama until the end of the [[Edo Period]]. The 7th ''daimyō'', [[Itakura Katsukiyo]] was a noted figure in the [[Bakumatsu period]] shogunate, serving as head of the ''[[rōjū]]'' following the assassination of [[Ii Naosuke]] and playing an important role on the side of the pro-Tokugawa forces in the [[Boshin War]]. For this reason, Bitchū-Matsuyama invaded and occupied by the pro-imperial forces of [[Okayama Domain]] early in the war. In 1869, Itakura Katsukiyo surrendered, and his ''kokudaka'' was reduced to 20,000 ''koku'' and he was ordered into forced retirement. The [[Meiji government]] also ordered his successor, [[Itakura Katsusuke]], to change the name of the domain to "Takahashi Domain" to avoid confusion with [[Iyo-Matsuyama Domain]].
In 1871, Takahashi Domain became Takahashi Prefecture due to the [[abolition of the han system]] and was subsequently incorporated into Okayama Prefecture through Fukatsu Prefecture and Oda Prefecture.
== Holdings at the end of the Edo period ==
As with most domains in the [[han system]], Bitchū-Matsuyama Domain consisted of several discontinuous territories calculated to provide the assigned ''[[kokudaka]]'', based on periodic [[cadastral]] surveys and projected agricultural yields, g.<ref>[[Jeffrey Mass|Mass, Jeffrey P.]] and William B. Hauser. (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv99D510nHcC&pg=PA150&dq= ''The Bakufu in Japanese History,'' p. 150].</ref><ref>Elison, George and Bardwell L. Smith (1987). [https://books.google.com/books?id=T2_5_W7UFXwC&pg=PA18&dq= ''Warlords, Artists, & Commoners: Japan in the Sixteenth Century,'' p. 18].</ref>
* [[Bitchū Province]]
** 5 villages in Aga District
** 2 villages in Asakuchi District
** 11 villages in Kaya District
** 4 villages in Katō District
** 15 villages in Jōbū District
** 17 villages in Tetsuta District
** 12 villages in Kawakami District
== List of daimyō ==
:{| class=wikitable
! #||Name || Tenure || Courtesy title || Court Rank || ''[[kokudaka]]''
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Japanese Crest Bizenn Chou.svg|25px]] '''[[Ikeda clan]],''' 1617–1641 (''[[Tozama]]'')
|-
||1||Ikeda Nagayoshi (池田長幸)||1617–1632||''Bitchū-no-kami'' (備中守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||65,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||Ikeda Nagatsune (池田長常)||1632–1641||''Izumo-no-kami'' (出雲守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||65,000 ''koku''
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Japanese Crest mitu Tomoe 2.svg|25px]] '''[[Mizunoya clan]],''' 1642–1693 (''[[Tozama]]'' -> ''[[Fudai daimyō|Fudai]]''
|-
||1||Mizunoya Katsutaka (水谷勝隆)||1642–1664||''Ise-no-kami'' (伊勢守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||Mizunoya Katsumune (水谷勝宗)||1664–1689||''Sakyō-no-suke'' (左京亮)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
||3||Mizunoya Katsuyoshi (水谷勝美)||1689–1693||''Dewa-no-kami'' (出羽守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Ando kamon.jpg|25px]] '''[[Andō clan]],''' 1695–1711 (''[[Fudai daimyō|Fudai]]'')
|-
||1||Andō Shigehiro (安藤重博)||1695–1698||''Tsushima-no-kami'' (対馬守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||65,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||Andō Nobutomo (安藤信友)||1698–1711||''Ukyō-no-suke'' (右京亮)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||65,000 ''koku''
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Maru ni Sasa Rindō inverted.png|25px]] '''[[Ishikawa clan]],''' 1711–1744 (''[[Fudai daimyō|Fudai]]'')
|-
||1||Ishikawa Fusayoshi (石川総慶)||1711–1744||''Tonomo-no-kami'' (主殿頭)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||60,000 ''koku''
|-
| colspan=6 | [[File:Kuyo Tomoe.svg|25px]] '''[[Itakura clan]],''' 1744–1871 (''[[Fudai daimyō|Fudai]]'')
|-
||1||[[Itakura Katsuzumi]] (板倉勝澄)||1744–1751||''Sagami-no-kami'' (相模守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
||2||[[Itakura Katsutake]] (板倉勝武)||1751–1769||''Mino-no-kami'' (美濃守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 3||[[Itakura Katsuyori]] (板倉勝従)||1769–1778||''Oki-no-kami'' (隠岐守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 4||[[Itakura Katsumasa]] (板倉勝政)||1779–1801||''Suo-no-kami'' (周防守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 5||[[Itakura Katsuaki (Bitchu-Matsuyama)|Itakura Katsuaki]] (板倉勝晙)||1801–1804||''Suo-no-kami'' (周防守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 6||[[Itakura Katsutsune]] (板倉勝職)||1804–1849||''Suo-no-kami'' (周防守)|| Junior 5th Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 7||[[Itakura Katsukiyo]] (板倉勝静)||1849–1869||''Iga-no-kami'' (伊賀守)|| Junior 4th Rank, Lower Grade (従四位下)||50,000 ''koku''
|-
| 8||[[Itakura Katsusuke]] (板倉勝弼)||1869–1871||-none-|| Junior 5th Rank (従五位)||20,000 ''koku''
|-
|}
== See also ==
{{Commons category|Bitchu-Matsuyama Domain}}
* [[List of Han]]
* [[Abolition of the han system]]
== References ==
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{{Domains of Chūgoku}}
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[[Category:History of Okayama Prefecture]]
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